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    observation pilot by October 1916, flying first with Feldflieger Abteilung 243, then with Feldflieger Abteilung 41. In 1917 he qualified as a fighter pilot and...
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    altitude record of 4,500 m (14,800 ft).[citation needed] A B.II from Feldflieger Abteilung 41 was one of the first landplanes (as opposed to Zeppelin) to drop...
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    he connived his way into joining his older brother Wilhelm at Feldflieger Abteilung 13 (Field Flyer Detachment 13). On 1 September, the aircrew of Boelcke...
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    observer on reconnaissance missions over the Eastern Front with Feldflieger Abteilung 69 ("No. 69 Flying Squadron"). In August 1915, he was transferred...
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    turned down. Later that year, Göring flew as Loerzer's observer in Feldflieger Abteilung 25 (FFA 25); Göring had informally transferred himself. He was discovered...
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  • assigned to Feldflieger Abteilung 63 to fly reconnaissance duty in two-seater airplanes. On 15 November 1916 he transferred to Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie)...
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    Kaiserreiches, with one Eindecker attached to each six-aircraft Feldflieger Abteilung aerial observation/reconnaissance unit. The first step towards specialist...
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  • transition to aviation in 1916. He began his flying career with Feldflieger Abteilung (Field Flier Detachment) 290, which was an artillery cooperation...
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  • battalion, usually one per infantry division. Feldflasche – canteen. Feldflieger Abteilung – "field airmen's section", abbreviated as "FFA". The earliest form...
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    Fokker E.II/35 from Feldflieger Abteilung 14 preparing to land on the Eastern Front....
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    Marine Jagdgruppe Flandern composed of: Marine Feld Jasta I Marine Feldflieger Abteilung II After the end of World War I, the bulk of the navy's modern ships...
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    forward-firing synchronized machine gun: Leutnant Kurt Wintgens of Feldflieger Abteilung 6b of the German Army's Fliegertruppe air arm, flying a Fokker M...
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    assemble about 333 aircraft in 23 squadrons from Péronne to Hannescamps, 17 Feldflieger-Abteilungen with about 100 reconnaissance aircraft, 13 artillery flights...
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    Jagdstaffel 8 was a small element of single-seat fighters attached to Feldflieger Abteilung 6 at Roulers Aerodrome. It was transferred to FEA 10 at Böblingen...
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