German Ace Questions: F-G

Frank_Olynyk · 10 January 2005, 12:25 AM

Posts in this series:

A-B: 13 posts, which I will re-edit into a single post (someday)
Blume to von Busse
C-D-E
F-G
H
I-J-K
L-M
N-O-P-Q
R
S
T-V-W-Z

Onward...

48 - Karl Fervers
Karl Fervers is credited with 4 victories with Jasta B. I have no information about his date and place of birth or of death.

49 - Ulrich Fischer
Ulrich Fischer is credited with 4 victories with Jasta 22. He was born May 3, 1895, but I do not know where; I have no information on his date or place of death.

50 -

Otto Fitzner
Otto Fitzner is credited with 9 victories with Jasta 17 and Jasta 65. I have no information on his date or place of death.

51 - Wilhelm Flecken
Wilhelm Flecken was credited with 4 victories with Jasta 20 and Jasta 43. I have no information on his date or place of death.

52 -

Alfred Fleischer
Alfred Fleischer is credited with 6 victories with Jasta 17. I do not know his place of birth.

53 - Otto Ludwig Förster
Otto Ludwig Förster is credited with 4 victories with Jasta 15. He died in Bad Harzburg, Niedersachsen, in November 1978, but I do not have the exact date.

54 - Gustav Frädrich
Gustav Frädrich is credited with 6 victories with Fla 30 and Jasta 72. I have no information about his date and place of birth or of death.

55 -

Rudolf Francke
Rudolf Francke is credited with 15 victories with Jasta 8. I have no information on his date or place of death.

56 -

Wilhelm Frickart
Wilhelm Frickart is credited with 10 victories with Fla 24, Fla(A) 242, Jasta 38, and Jasta 65. I have no information on his date or place of death.

57 -

Willi Gabriel
Willi Gabriel is credited with 11 victories with Schusta 15 and Jasta 11. I have no information on his date or place of death. Does anyone have additional information on his first victory (a SPAD on March 22, 1918): time, location, aircraft flown, first name of his gunner, Gefr. Hilsebein? [found at frontflieger.de: died April 29, 1968 in Berlin]

58 -

Ludwig Gaim
Ludwig Gaim is credited with 5 victories with Jasta 39. I have no information on his date or place of death.

59 -

Karl Gallwitz
Karl Gallwitz is credited with 9 victories with Fla 37 and Jasta 2. He was born in Sigmaringen, supposedly in 1895 (but when exactly?). I have no information on his date or place of death.

60 - Hermann Gehrke
Hermann Gehrke is credited with 4 victories with Fla 44. I have no information on his date or place of birth or death. Supposedly he was POW on May 3, 1918, but I cannot find him in "Casualties of the German Air Service" (Rick—any help?)

61 - Martin Gerlich
Martin Gerlich is credited with 4 victories with Kagohl 1/2. Supposedly born in 1890, but I do not know where. Died February 26, 1920, but I do not know where.

62 -

Johannes Gildemeister
Johannes Gildemeister is credited with 5 victories with Jasta 20. I have no information on his date or place of death.

63 -

Friedrich Gille
Friedrich Gille is credited with 6 victories with Jasta 12. I have no information on his date or place of birth or death.

64 -

Hermann Gilly
Hermann Gilly is credited with 6 victories with Jasta 40. I have no information on his date or place of death.

65 -

Hans Goerth
Hans Goerth is credited with 7 victories with I. MFJ and III. MFJ. I have no information on his date or place of birth or death.

66 -

Max Gossner
Max Gossner is credited with 8 victories with Jasta 23 and Jasta 77. I have no information on his date or place of death.

67 - Alfred Greven
Alfred Greven is credited with 4 victories with Jasta 12. I have no information on his date or place of birth or death.

68 -

Wilhelm-Gisbert Groos
Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos is credited with 7 victories with Jasta 4 and Jasta 11. I have no information on his date or place of death.

69 -

Siegfried Gussmann
Siegfried Gussmann is credited with 5 victories with Fla 3 and Jasta 11. I have no information on his date or place of birth or death.

70 - Paul Guthoff
Paul Guthoff is credited with 4 victories with Fla 42. I have no information on his date or place of birth or death. POW on August 8, 1917 in Rumania.

71 -

Adolf Gutknecht
Adolf Gutknecht is credited with 6 victories with Kagohl 1 and Jasta 42. I have no information on his date or place of death. Does anyone have any information on his first victory, supposedly sometime in June 1916 as an observer (rank unknown) with an unknown Kasta of Kagohl 1?

Can anyone supply any of the missing information?

Frank.

Rick · 10 January 2005, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frank_Olynyk

Willi Gabriel is credited with 11 victories with Schusta 15 and Jasta 11. I have no information on his date or place of death. Does anyone have additional information on his first victory (a SPAD on March 22, 1918): time, location, aircraft flown, first name of his gunner, Gefr. Hilsebein?

60-Hermann Gehrke
Hermann Gehrke is credited with 4 victories with Fla 44. I have no information on his date or place of birth or death. Supposedly he was POW on May 3, 1918, but I cannot find him in "Casualties of the German Air Service" (Rick—any help?)

I have no information regarding Hilsebein's first name. Would love to learn it once you find out. Also no details on Gabriel's first victory.
As regards Gehrke, I did not know that he was taken POW. However, there is a FA 44Lb observer, Ltn.d.R. Sand, taken POW this date at Val de Grace, Paris. They were most likely a crew.
As my data base primarily covers 1.8.14 to 11.11.18, I can't help with birth dates, places, or death dates, places post-war. Sorry. R.

fliegertruppe · 10 January 2005, 10:02 AM

Hi Frank,

one puzzle for you.

No.66 Max Gossner
+ 5. april 1973 Haar

greeting
Reinhard

rammjaeger · 10 January 2005, 12:49 PM

Hi Frank,

Hermann Gilly: born Donaueschingen, 16. September 1894
(source: note from Ferko collection).

VBR
Rammjaeger

VtwinVince · 10 January 2005, 04:02 PM

Don't mean to be picky, but I thought it was

Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos.

Hal Oele · 17 January 2005, 05:29 AM

Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos
died in mid 1997 near Köln / Bonn (age 104).
The last Richthofen-Member!

His Brother Hans Groos (1900-1985) served in
WW2 with the JG 26 Schlageter.

Hal Lali