So whadevah happint to....

[retread]

.....Hauptmann Wolfram de le Roi? A catalyst in initiating development of military (heavier than air) aviation in Germany. Writing ,"The Attitude of Military Authorities Towards the Flying Machine Question and Proposals for the Introduction of Tests in the Field of Aviation Technology". (light reading)
This he submitted to military authorities of his own nation August, 1908.Suggesting the army take a active roll in in the developement of heavier than air flying machines.
He was awarded German pilot license #309, Oct. 1912. But I find no mention of him during the war, anyone have any idea what happened to the man?
Thanks

[mike_baram]

Google gave me just what you posted....I guess he kind of faded into the recesses of history after publishing that paper.

Of course, with a name like "de le Roi", he might have been arrested for being French.

[rammjaeger]

After being commander in Döberitz W. de le Roi worked for LVG.
In 1914 he volunteered for the Luftschiffertruppe and commanded Feld-Luftschiffer-Abteilung 1 in Flanders. There he used "Kastendrachen" (box kites) to photograph enemy positions and to defend balloons (via barrier) against attacks of airplanes. Later he was Koluft 4 (commander of the balloons of the German 4th Army). After the war he has allegedly held important positions in business. He died in 1956 in Johannesburg.

Hope that helps a bit.

[retread]

Rammjaeger,

Thanks.

I have just completed reading "Building German Airpower, 1909-1914" by John H. Morrow Jr. It struck me as odd that I could find no mention of de le Roi elsewhere after his important roll in military aviation development. He just seemed to drop off the radar.
Similar, is the case of August Euler and his firm. The first pilot in Germany and owner of the first aircraft manufaturing facility seemed to play, at best, a minor roll during the war.

Mike,
The seed of displaced Frenchmen took its toll on the Entente. Case and point;

Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Varese2002]

Originally Posted by retread

Rammjaeger,

Thanks.

I have just completed reading "Building German Airpower, 1909-1914" by John H. Morrow Jr. It struck me as odd that I could find no mention of de le Roi elsewhere after his important roll in military aviation development. He just seemed to drop off the radar.
Similar, is the case of August Euler and his firm. The first pilot in Germany and owner of the first aircraft manufaturing facility seemed to play, at best, a minor roll during the war.

Mike,
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August Euler played an important role just after the war as 'head' of the Reichsluftamt which was inititiated on December 4, 1918. The Reichsluftamt organization was the civil aviation authority then in Germany. It went through difficult times during 1919 - 1920 with the stipulations of the Versailles Treaty about (also) civilian flying. Euler left in 1922, never to return to flying business again. He died 1957.

Kees

[rammjaeger]

Imagine his brother, the Marineflieger [Navy pilot] Friedrich (Fritz) von Arnauld de la Perière, was captured by the French (!) if I recall correct.