Leutnant Hans Rosencrantz (9 August 1890 – 6 September 1916) was a German

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credited with five aerial victories, shared with his pilot Wilhelm Fahlbusch.The Aerodrome websit

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Hans Rosencrantz (sometimes called Hermann) was born on 9 August 1890 in

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, Grand Duchy of Hesse, the German Empire.''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918'', p. 191 Rosencrantz served during the First World War as an

aerial observer Aerial may refer to: Music * ''Aerial'' (album), by Kate Bush * ''Aerials'' (song), from the album ''Toxicity'' by System of a Down Bands *Aerial (Canadian band) * Aerial (Scottish band) *Aerial (Swedish band) Performance art *Aerial silk, ...

in ''Kagohl 1''. The observer manned the rear gun in the two-seater Roland Whale. In concert with his pilot, Wilhelm Fahlbusch,''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918'', p. 105 he shot down four enemy airplanes in early 1916. On 31 August, they shot down a Martinsyde G100 from No. 27 Squadron RFC for their fifth aerial victory, and became aces. On 6 September 1916, Rosencrantz and Fahlbusch engaged

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two-seater fighters from No. 70 Squadron RFC. The German duo were shot down in flames over Malincourt, France. Credit for their demise was given to

Bernard Paul Gascoigne Beanlands Captain Bernard Paul Gascoigne Beanlands (9 September 1897 – 8 May 1919) was a Canadian World War I flying ace credited with eight aerial victories. Early life Bernard Paul Gascoigne Beanlands was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on ...

, William Sanday, and their observers.

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* ''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918''. Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. , . German World War I flying aces 1890 births 1916 deaths People from Alzey-Worms People from Rhenish Hesse Prussian Army personnel Luftstreitkräfte personnel German military personnel killed in World War I Aviators killed by being shot down Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class {{Germany-airforce-bio-stub