Royal Prussian ''Jagdstaffel'' 29, commonly abbreviated to ''Jasta'' 29, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''

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'', the air arm of the

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during

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. The squadron would score 76 aerial victories during the war, at the cost of 13 of their pilots killed in action, two killed in flying accidents, 12 wounded in action, one injured in a flying accident and one taken prisoner.

History

Royal Prussian ''Jagdstaffel'' 29 was formed on 28 December 1916 at the ''Fliegerersatz-Abteilung'' (Replacement Detachment) 5 training facility at

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in Germany. It scored its first victory on 16 March 1917, when Wilhelm Allmenröder incinerated an enemy observation balloon. The fledgling squadron would be blooded just under a month later, suffering its first casualty on 11 April 1917. ''Jasta'' 29 would serve to the war's end.

Commanding officers (''
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'')

# ''Hauptmann'' Hermann Palmer: 31 January 1917 – 5 February 1917 # ''Leutnant'' Ludwig Dornheim: transferred from ''

Jasta 5 History Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 5, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 5, was created on January 21, 1916, and mobilized on 21 August 1916, as one of the first fighter units of the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Arm ...

'' on 5 February 1917 – 29 April 1917 # ''Leutnant'' Kurt Wolff: transferred from ''

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 ...

'' on 6 May 1917 – 2 July 1917 # ''Leutnant''

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: 2 July 1917 – 18 August 1917 # ''Oberleutnant''

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: transferred from ''

Jasta 32 Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 32, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 32, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the German ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. The unit would score 41 aerial victor ...

'' on 19 August 1917 – 18 October 1917 # ''Oberleutnant''

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: transferred from ''

Jasta 18 Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 18 was a "hunting squadron" (fighter squadron) of the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. History The Jasta was formed on 30 October 1916, at Halluin under 4th Armee auspic ...

'' on 19 October 1917 – promoted to command '' Jagdgruppe 3'' on 28 September 1918 # ''Leutnant'' Hans Holthusen: transferred from ''

Jasta 30 Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 30, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 30, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. The unit would score a minimum of 63 aerial vi ...

'' on 28 September 1918 – to the end of the war on 11 November 1918

Aerodromes

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, France: 15 February 1917 – 21 June 1917 # Mons-en-Pevelle: 22 June 1917 – 27 June 1917 #

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, France 28 June 1917 – 17 July 1917 # Handzaeme: 18 July 1917 – 31 July 1918 #

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: 1 August 1917 – 13 September 1917 # Aertrycke: 14 September 1917 – 27 November 1917 #

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, France: 28 November 1917 – 13 December 1917 # Bellincamps: 14 December 1917 – 30 March 1918 #

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, France: 31 March 1918 – 12 April 1918 #

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, France: 13 April 1918 – 17 August 1918 # Bellincamps: 18 August 1918 – 28 September 1918 #

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, Belgium: 29 September 1918 – 5 October 1918 # Aertrycke: 6 October 1918 – 11 November 1918

Notable members

* Kurt Wolff,

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, Silver

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* August Burkard, Iron Cross * Karl Pech * Fritz Kieckhäfer * Siegfried Westphal * Günther Schuster * Eugen Siempelkamp *

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, Iron Cross *

Karl Gallwitz Leutnant Karl Gallwitz (18 August 1895 – 17 May 1984) was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. Early life Karl Gallwitz was born in Sigmaringen, the German Empire, in 1895. He visited the Gymnasium-school in Nordhausen. ...

, Iron Cross * Josef Hohly * Max Kuhne *

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 ...

Aircraft

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''). T ...

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 ...

* Pfalz D.III

Operations

''Jasta'' 29 began operations at

on 15 February 1917 in support of 3rd ''Armee''.The jasta shifted its base of operations on or about 16 April, to support the 1st ''Armee''. On 22 June 1917, ''Jasta'' 29 moved to the 6th ''Armee'' front. On 28 November, it was reposted to operate with the 2nd ''Armee''. On 14 December, the squadron moved again, to support the 6th ''Armee'' once more. On 8 August 1918, Jasta 29 once again supported the 2nd ''Armee'' at Peronne. The air unit moved to support 4th ''Armee'' on 30 September for its final operational tasking.

References

;Bibliography * {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Military units and formations established in 1916 1916 establishments in Germany Military units and formations disestablished in 1918 29