Viktor Von Pressentin Von Rautter
Leutnant Viktor von Pressentin von Rautter (8 May 1896 – 31 May 1918) was a German World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.The Aerodrome websitRetrieved 24 January 2010. Biography See also Aerial victory standards of World War I Viktor von Pressentin von Rautter was born in Willkam, East Prussia, the German Empire on 8 May 1896.''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918'', p. 182 While he began his military service as an Uhlan, he was transferred to aviation on 1 August 1917. On 24 September, he was sent for pilot training. Rather unusually, he then attended aerial observer training during January 1918. The next month saw him receiving fighter training. On 11 March, he was posted to ''Jagdstaffel 59'', only to be forwarded to ''Jagdstaffel 4'' three days later. Here he began his roll of aerial victories, shooting down a Sopwith Camel on 28 March 1918. He had two more confirm ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]  

Wielewo, Kętrzyn County
Wielewo is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Barciany __NOTOC__ Gmina Barciany is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, on the border with Russia. Its seat is the village of Barciany, which lies approximately north of Kętrzyn an ..., within Kętrzyn County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It lies approximately north-west of Barciany, north of Kętrzyn, and north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn. Notable residents * Viktor von Pressentin von Rautter (1896-1918), World War I flying ace References Villages in Kętrzyn County {{Kętrzyn-geo-stub ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]