Johannes Klein

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Johannes Klein
Died1926
AllegianceGermany
BranchAviation
Rank Leutnant
Unit Jagdstaffel 27 or Jagdstaffel 29 ;
Jagdstaffel 18 ;
Jagdstaffel 15
Awards Royal House Order of Hohenzollern;
Iron Cross

Leutnant Johannes Klein (died 1926) was a German World War I flying ace credited with 16 confirmed and two unconfirmed aerial victories. [1]

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Biography

Johannes Klein's life is unknown before he began his aviation service. He became a fighter pilot in February 1917, and received his initial assignment to either Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 27 or Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 29 . Regardless of his exact assignment, he failed to score any aerial victories. He switched to Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 18 in August 1917, and scored his first victories there, downing a Spad on 16 August and a Sopwith Camel on 5 September. Klein then transferred to Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 15 as part of Rudolf Berthold's swapping of personnel between the two units. [2] Klein scored the remainder of his wins between 30 March and 25 September 1918. [1] [3]

Klein was slightly wounded on 15 September 1918. He was awarded the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern on 19 September 1918, [4] having previously earned the Iron Cross. [5]

Johannes Klein died in 1926. [5]

Sources

  1. 1 2 The Aerodrome website page on Klein Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  2. ↑ Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918, p. 71
  3. ↑ Fokker D.VII Aces of World War I, Part 1. p. 69.
  4. ↑ The Aerodrome website page on the Hohenzollern Retrieved 11 January 2010.
  5. 1 2 Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918, p. 145

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