Fliegerschule Altenburg

13 September 2006, 12:44 PM

I have a Sanke card (Boelcke, Death No 363) which I believe was sent as feldpost from a pilot named Albert Muller whilst at Fliegerschule Altenburg (Saxon?). I enclose a scan hoping that someone could provide me with any info on him. The card was sent to his brother Matthias on 14.11.1916.

Any help gratefully appreciated

rammjaeger · 13 September 2006, 01:30 PM

Britace,

the term "Flieger" is not allways meaning pilot. It is the rank of a soldier in the Fliegertruppe. So this man could also be a common soldier in any ground service function. Even worse the man´s name is Müller - the worst thing which can happen to a researcher of German soldiers. Albert Müller makes it not much better - you can already find 6 guys with this name in the list of dead German aviators in COTGAS. I wonder how many surviving Albert Müller´s are known?

Could you translate the text?
This AM had just finished a leave to Herne/Westphalia - his hometown??

Altenburg was a very long time under Saxon rulers but was not part of the kingdom of Saxony in WWI. Today it is part of Thuringia but we Saxons feel it should be part of Saxony.

14 September 2006, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by rammjaeger

Britace,

the term "Flieger" is not allways meaning pilot. It is the rank of a soldier in the Fliegertruppe.

I saw three Albert Müller's in COTGAS and I initially thought it could of been one of these. Müller being a popular name does cloud the issue though. All three were Fliegers (privates), so yes they may of been in the Fliegertruppe. They died in 1917/18 so by then they could of been pilots? Neverless, still very interesting.

Cheers,