Jasta 2 Albatross D 1 391/16 (w/n 2944) of Karl Heinrich Büttner downed 16 November 1916 by Cpt. Parker and Lt. Hervey in a B.E.2c
Active
1916–1918
Country
German Empire
Branch
Luftstreitkräfte
Type
Fighter squadron
Engagements
World War I
Military unit
Jasta 2 (Jagdstaffel Zwei in full and also known as Jasta Boelcke) was one of the best-known German Luftstreitkräfte Squadrons in World War I. Its first commanding officer was the great aerial tactician Oswald Boelcke, and it was the incubator of several notable aviation careers.
Jasta 2 (Jagdstaffel Zwei in full and also known as Jasta Boelcke) was one of the best-known German Luftstreitkräfte Squadrons in World War I. Its first...
picked to lead one of Germany's first fighter squadrons, Jagdstaffel2 (Fighter Squadron 2). Its pilots were hand picked by Boelcke and indoctrinated...
Service in 1915, becoming one of the first members of fighter squadron Jagdstaffel2 in 1916. He quickly distinguished himself as a fighter pilot, and during...
April 1917. He was promoted to squadron command, first of Jagdstaffel 6, then of Jagdstaffel2. Removed from command on 18 August 1918 by wounds and illness...
months in a bomber unit, he joined a newly formed fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel2 on 21 November 1916. There he befriended Manfred von Richthofen. By...
because he only forced it to land. On 2 May, he was transferred to another fighter unit, the famed Jagdstaffel2. He was confirmed as a leutnant on 28...
victories. Kirmaier would succeed Oswald Boelcke as commander of the famed Jagdstaffel2 before being killed in action. Stefan Kirmaier was born in Lachen, the...
A Jagdstaffel (plural Jagdstaffeln, abbreviated to Jasta) was a fighter Staffel (squadron) of the German Imperial Luftstreitkräfte during World War I...
was augmented to become Jagdstaffel 1 (Fighter Squadron 1), Reimann continued to fly for them. He shot down a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter on 24 August for...
assigned to command a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 19. On 29 November, he was transferred to command of Jagdstaffel2. Walz was promoted to Hauptmann on 20...
pilot's school on 24 June 1917. He was then posted to a fighter unit, Jagdstaffel2 on 5 July 1917. As was customary in German military aviation of the...
and Thessaloniki, Greece. On 3 March 1917, Frommherz was assigned to Jagdstaffel2; this elite squadron had been led by aviation tactical and strategic...
joined Marine Feld Jagdstaffel 1 on the 14th of April 1917 On 21 March 1917, Leutnant Osterkamp took command of Marine Feld Jagdstaffel2 He scored a total...
1893. Collin was originally assigned to Jagdstaffel 22 in November 1916, but was quickly reassigned to Jagdstaffel2. He scored his first victory there, on...
squadrons, Jagdstaffel2. By the time he died in action after his 40th victory, he had thoroughly schooled his squadron in his tactics. Jasta 2 went on to...
victories flying combat with Jagdstaffel2 in early 1917, he transferred to command of another fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 12. Tutschek shot down another...
Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 5, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 5, was created on 21 January 1916, and mobilized on 21 August 1916, as one of the first fighter...
October. After pilot training, in May 1918 Lindenberger was posted to Jagdstaffel2. Between 30 May and 1 November 1918, he downed nine more enemy planes...
concentrated into fighter squadrons (Jagdstaffeln) the first of which, Jagdstaffel2 (Jasta 2) went into action on the Somme on 17 September. By this time, the...
arrived, they were parceled out, with three squadrons each receiving some. Jagdstaffel 26 kept its triplanes, but other spare Fokker Dr.Is were returned to...
Six aircraft of 27 Squadron were attacked by five Albatros D.I of Jagdstaffel2 (Jasta 2) led by Oswald Boelcke, which shot down three and damaged one of...
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