Colonel Richard Roethe (1865–1944) was a German Army officer and an influential figure in German military aviation 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 ...
. In 1914 he succeeded Colonel
Walter von Eberhardt
Lieutenant-General Friedrich Wilhelm Magnus Heinrich Walter von Eberhardt (7 January 1862 in Berlin – 7 January 1944 in Wernigerode), generally known as Walter von Eberhardt, was a German military commander during World War I and the Lithuanian ...
as the
Inspector of Flying Troops, remaining in that post until 1916. Richard passed away in 1944 at age 79.
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1865 births
1944 deaths
Luftstreitkräfte personnel
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