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Hanns Joachim Wolff was a World War I German

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credited with ten aerial victories.The Aerodrome website http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/wolff1.php Retrieved on 18 April 2010.

Early life

Hans Joachim Wolff was born in Mühlhausen, the German Empire, on 24 September 1895.

Aerial service

Wolff served with FA(A) 216 until 6 July 1917, when he was reassigned to

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. He was wounded in action fighting

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on 14 August, and again on 23 November in combat against No. 56 Squadron RFC. On 18 March 1918, Wolff shot down and killed his first victim, which was possibly Lt.

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. Wolff then steadily scored for the next two months, downing his tenth victim on 15 May 1918. He and his Fokker Dr.I were shot down the following day, most probably by Lt. Horace Barton of

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. He's the only German pilot who scored all of his victories in the Fokker Dr.I.

References

Bibliography

''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918'' Norman L. R. Franks, et al. Grub Street, 1993. , . 1895 births 1918 deaths German World War I flying aces Luftstreitkräfte personnel German military personnel killed in World War I Aviators killed by being shot down People from Mühlhausen People from the Province of Saxony Military personnel from Thuringia {{germany-mil-bio-stub