Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 10 was a World War I "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''
Luftstreitkräfte
The ''Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte'' (, German Air Force)—known before October 1916 as (Flyer Troops)—was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. In English-language sources it is usually referred to as the Imperial German Air Service, alt ...
'', the air arm of the
Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (german: Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the l ...
during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. ''Jasta 10'', in its brief existence, was credited with 118 enemy planes and 33 enemy observation balloons destroyed. In turn, it would lose twenty
killed in action, another killed in a flying accident, ten
wounded in action
Wounded in Action (WIA) describes combatants who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during wartime, but have not been killed. Typically, it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing ...
, and four held as prisoners of war.
History
Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 10 was founded from the pre-existing
KEK 3 on 28 September 1916 at
Phalempin
Phalempin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in ...
. It was promptly dubbed "Jagdstaffel Linck", after its original commanding officer.
Commanding Officers (''
Staffelführer
''Staffelführer'' was one of the first paramilitary ranks used by the German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in the early years of that group's existence. The later SS rank of ''Staffelführer'' traces its origins to the First World War, where the tit ...
'')
# Ludwig Linck: 21 September 1916 – 22 October 1916
# Karl Rummelspacher: 23 October 1916 – 18 June 1917
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Albert Dossenbach
''Leutnant'' Albert Dossenbach (5 June 1891 – 3 July 1917) was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.The Aerodrome website's page on Dossenbach http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/dossenbach.php Retrieved 15 January 2010 ...
: 24 June 1917 – 3 July 1917
#
Ernst Freiherr von Althaus
Ernst Freiherr von Althaus (19 March 1890 – 29 November 1946) was a German flying ace in World War I, credited with nine confirmed aerial victories, as well as eight unconfirmed ones. He was one of the original Fokker Eindekker pilots who ...
: 6 July 1917 – 30 July 1917
#
Werner Voss
Werner Voss (; 13 April 1897 – 23 September 1917) was a World War I German flying ace credited with 48 aerial victories. A dyer's son from Krefeld, he was a patriotic young man while still in school. He began his military career in Novem ...
: 30 July 1917 – 23 September 1917
# Ernst Weigand: 24 September 1917 – 25 September 1917
# Max Kühn (Acting): 26 September 1917 – 27 September 1917
#
Hans Klein: 27 September 1917 – 19 February 1918
#
Hans Weiss (Acting): 27 March 1918 – 1 April 1918
#
Erich Löwenhardt
Erich Loewenhardt (7 April 189710 August 1918) was a German soldier and military aviator who fought in the First World War and became a fighter ace credited with 54 confirmed aerial victories. Originally enlisting in an infantry regiment even th ...
(Acting): 1 April 1918 – 19 June 1918
#
Alois Heldmann
Colonel Alois Heldmann was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 confirmed aerial victories (plus three unconfirmed) while he was a ''Leutnant''. He later joined the nascent Luftwaffe in 1933 and was a flying school inspector until the end of W ...
(Acting): 19 June 1918 – 6 July 1918
# Erich Löwenhardt: 6 July 1918 – 10 August 1918
# Alois Heldmann (Acting): 10 August 1918 – 14 August 1918
#
Arthur Laumann
Arthur Laumann was a German World War I flying ace who scored 28 victories in just over three months. He rose to become Air Attache to Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II, raising to a final rank of ''Luftwaffe'' ''Generalmajor''.
World War ...
: 14 August 1918 – 11 November 1918
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Duty stations (airfields)
# Phalempin
Phalempin () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes cooperate in ...
: 28 September 1916 – 27 October 1916
# Jametz
Jametz is a small commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France, near the Belgian border.
Economy
Since the 15th century, residents have primarily worked as cattle farmers, cheesemakers, carpenters and leatherworkers. To ...
, near Stenay: 28 October 1916 – 12 December 1916
# Angevillers
Angevillers (Lorraine Franconian ''Aasler'', German: Arsweiler) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Moselle department
* Ouvrage Rochonvillers, a Maginot Line
T ...
: 12 December 1916 – Unknown
# Leffincourt
Leffincourt () is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.
Population
See also
* Mazagran
*Communes of the Ardennes department
The following is a list of the 449 communes of the Ardennes department of France.
The commun ...
: Unknown – 1 May 1917
# Bersée
Bersée () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord department of the French Republic.
The communes c ...
, Douai: 2 May 1917 – 24 May 1917
# Heule
Heule is a submunicipality of the city of Kortrijk in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The first notion of this settlement date of the year 1111. Heule has a surface of 1169h and has a population of 10,503 (2009). Surrounding villages of H ...
, Courtrai: 25 May 1917 – 2 July 1917
# Marckebeke: 2 July 1917 – 21 November 1917
# Iwuy
Iwuy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Nord (French department), Nord Departments of France, department in northern France.
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
References
External links
Official websiteAujourd'hui à I ...
: 21 November 1917 – 20 March 1918
# Awoingt
Awoingt () is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is southeast of the centre of Cambrai.
Population
Heraldry
See also
*Communes of the Nord department
The following is a list of the 648 communes of the Nord departme ...
: 20 March 1918 – 27 March 1918
# Léchelle, Pas-de-Calais
Léchelle () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A very small farming village situated southeast of Arras, on the D19E road, just a few yards from the A2 autoroute.
Population
Places ...
: 27 March 1918 – 3 April 1918
# Harbonnières
Harbonnières (; pcd, Harbounière) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D337 road, east of Amiens.
Population
Places of interest
* Saint Martin's church at Har ...
: 3 April 1918 – 12 April 1918
# Cappy: 12 April 1918 – 13 April 1918
# Lomme
Lomme (; nl, Olm) was a commune in the Nord ''département'' of northern France. It was absorbed as a '' commune associée'' by the city of Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in ...
: 14 April 1918 – 21 May 1918
# Etreux, Guise: 21 May 1918 – 26 May 1918
# Puisieux-et-Clanlieu: 26 May 1918 – 31 May 1918
# Rugny Ferme, Beugneux: 31 May 1918 – 18 July 1918
# Monthussart Ferme: 18 July 1918 – 29 July 1918
# Puisieux-et-Clanlieu: 29 July 1918 – 10 August 1918
# Ennemain
Ennemain () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and terr ...
, Falvy: 10 August 1918 – 11 August 1918
# Bernes: 12 August 1918 – 30 August 1918
# Escaufourt: 30 August 1918 – 20 September 1918
# Metz-Frescaty: 25 September 1918 – 8 October 1918
# Marville: 9 October 1918 – 6 November 1918
# Tellancourt: 7 November 1918 – 11 November 1918[
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Notable personnel
Jasta 10 had thirteen aces serve in its ranks. Many of its commanding officers were notable aces, such as Althaus, Dossenbach, Heldmann, Klein, Laumann, Löwenhardt, Voss, and Weiss, but there were also noteworthy aces within the squadron who did not rise to its command, such as Paul Aue
Oberst Paul Aue was a World War I flying ace from the Kingdom of Saxony in the German Empire. Partial records of his early aviation career credit him with 10 aerial victories. He would join the nascent ''Luftwaffe'' during the 1930s and serve Germa ...
, Friedrich Friedrichs
Leutnant Friedrich Friedrichs (21 February 1895 – 15 July 1918) was a World War I fighter ace credited with 21 confirmed victories.
Undaunted by an early invaliding by infantry combat during early World War I, Friedrichs switched to aviation. Af ...
, Justus Grassmann
Leutnant Justus Grassmann ( – 2 November 1961) was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories—seven enemy airplanes and three observation balloons.
Aerial service
Grassmann originally served with ''Flieger-Abteilung'' (Flier D ...
, and Friedrich Schumacher.[
]
Aircraft and operations
Original equipment upon foundation was four Fokker E.IV
The Fokker E.IV was the final variant of the Fokker Eindecker, ''Eindecker'' fighter aircraft that was operated by Germany during World War I.
Design and development
Given the Fokker designation of M.15, the E.IV was essentially a lengthened F ...
s, Albatros D.II
The Albatros D.II was a German fighter aircraft used during World War I. After a successful combat career in the early '' Jagdstaffeln'', it was gradually superseded by the Albatros D.III.
Design and development
Albatros designers Robert Thelen ...
s, Albatros D.III
The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service ('' Luftstreitkräfte'') during World War I. A modified licence model was built by Oeffag for the Austro-Hungarian Air Service ( ''Luftfahrtruppen''). ...
s, two Fokker D.II __NOTOC__
The Fokker D.II was a German fighter biplane of World War I. It was a single-seat fighter aircraft developed before the Fokker D.I. It was based on the M.17 prototype, with single-bay unstaggered wings and a larger fuselage and short ...
s and a Halberstadt D.II
The Halberstadt D.II was a biplane fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by German aircraft company Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.
It was adopted by the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Army Air Service) and served through the period ...
. Later in the war, during the Summer of 1918, the unit operated Albatros D.V
The Albatros D.V is a fighter aircraft built by the Albatros Flugzeugwerke and used by the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. The D.V was the final development of the Albatros D.I family and the last Albatro ...
s, Pfalz D.IIIs, Fokker D.VII
The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the second half of 1918. In service with the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the D.VII qu ...
s, Fokker Dr.I
The Fokker Dr.I (''Dreidecker'', "triplane" in German), often known simply as the Fokker Triplane, was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918. It became famous as the ...
triplanes, and a few Fokker D.VIII
The Fokker E.V was a German parasol-monoplane fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The E.V was the last Fokker design to become operational with the ''Luftstreitkräfte,'' entering service in the last mon ...
s. The triplanes often had their cowlings painted black, with white facing.
The jasta's first victory was by Paul Aue on 25 March 1917, as it began its support of 5th Armee. Jasta 10 moved to support of 4 Armee in early 1917, near Courtrai. In June 1917, Jasta 10 joined the Flying Circus
Barnstorming was a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots performed tricks individually or in groups that were called flying circuses. Devised to "impress people with the skill of pilots and the sturdiness of planes," it became popular in t ...
, with Jasta 4, Jasta 6
Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 6 was one of the original units of the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I.
History
The ''Jasta'' was founded on 25 August 1916 from Fokkerstaffel Sivry, itself an early at ...
, and Jasta 11
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 “Kampfeinsitzer” or KEKs) 1, 2 and 3 and mobilized on 11 October as part of the Germ ...
forming the new fighter wing. The Jasta supported various armies on several fronts as the tempo of the war increased.
Jasta 10 was disbanded after the end of the war.
References
;Bibliography
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10
Military units and formations established in 1916
Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
1916 establishments in Germany
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