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Jagdstaffel (plural Jagdstaffeln,
abbreviated to Jasta) was a
fighter Staffel (squadron) of the
German Imperial Luftstreitkräfte
during World War I...
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Boelcke was
picked to lead one of Germany's
first fighter squadrons,
Jagdstaffel 2 (Fighter
Squadron 2). Its
pilots were hand
picked by
Boelcke and indoctrinated...
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Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 11 ("No 11
Fighter Squadron";
commonly abbreviated to
Jasta 11) was
founded on 28
September 1916 from
elements of 4 Armee's...
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Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 16 was a "hunting group" (i.e.,
fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the
Imperial German Army
during World...
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Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 18 was a "hunting squadron" (fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the
Imperial German Army
during World...
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Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 27 (German: Königliche
Preussische Jagdstaffel Nr. 27),
commonly abbreviated to
Jasta 27, was a "hunting group" (fighter squadron)...
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piloted bombers before being picked by
Manfred von
Richthofen to join
Jagdstaffel 11 (Fighter
Squadron 11) in the
burgeoning Imperial German Air Service...
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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...
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Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 49,
commonly abbreviated to
Jasta 49, was a
jagdstaffel ("hunting squadron", i.e.
fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte...
- single-seaters,
consequently being posted to
fighter duty. Bäumer
joined Jagdstaffel 5 on 30 June 1917,
scoring three victories as a
balloon buster in mid-July...
