Jasta 10
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Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 10 was a World War I "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte
, which was the forerunner to the Luftwaffe
. Jasta 10, in its brief existence, was credited with 118 enemy planes and 33 enemy observation balloons destroyed. In turn, it would lose twenty killed in action
, another killed in a flying accident, ten wounded in action
, and four held as prisoners of war.
. It was promptly dubbed "Jagdstaffel Linck", after its original commanding officer.
22 October 1916
2) Karl Rummelspacher: 23 October 1916 – 18 June 1917
3) Albert Dossenbach
: 24 June 1917 – KIA 3 July 1917
4) Ernst Freiherr von Althaus
: 6 July 1917 – 30 July 1917
5) Werner Voss
: 30 July 1917 – 23 (KIA) September 1917
6) Ernst Weigard: 24 September 1917 – (KIA) 25 September 1917
7) Max Kühn (Acting): 26 September 1917 – 27 September 1917
8) Hans Klein
WIA
: 27 September 1917 – 19 Feb 1918
9) Hans Weiss
(Acting): 27 March 1918 – 1 April 1918
10) Erich Löwenhardt
: 1 April 1918 – 19 June 1918
11) Alois Heldmann
(Acting): 19 June 1918 – 6 July 1918
12) Erich Löwenhardt (KIA): 6 July 1918 – 10 August 1918
13) Alois Heldmann (Acting): 10 August 1918 – 14 August 1918
14) Arthur Laumann
: 14 August 1918 – 11 Nov 1918
: 28 September 1916 – 27 October 1916
2) Jametz
, near Stenay: 28 October 1916 – 12 Dec 1916
3) Angevillers
: 12 Dec 1916 – Unknown
4) Leffincourt
: Unknown – 1 May 1917
5) Bersée
, Douai: 2 May 1917 – 24 May 1917
6) Heul, Courtrai: 25 May 1917 – 2 July 1917
7) Marckebeke: 2 July 1917 – 21 11 November 1917
8) Iwuy
: 21 11 November 1917 – 20 March 1918
9) Awoingt
: 20 March 1918 – 27 March 1918
10) Léchelle, Pas-de-Calais
: 27 March 1918 – 3 April 1918
11) Harbonnières
: 3 April 1918 – 12 April 1918
12) Cappy
: 12 April 1918 – 13 April 1918
13) Lomme: 14 April 1918 – 21 May 1918
14) Etreux
, Guise: 21 May 1918 – 26 May 1918
15) Puisieux-et-Clanlieu
: 26 May 1918 – 31 May 1918
16) Rugny
Ferme, Beugneux: 31 May 1918 – 18 July 1918
17) Monthussart Ferme: 18 July 1918 – 29 July 1918
18) Puisieux-et-Clanlieu: 29 July 1918 – 10 August 1918
19) Ennemain
, Falvy: 10 August 1918 – 11 August 1918
20) Bernes
: 12 August 1918 – 30 August 1918
21) Escaufourt: 30 August 1918 – 20 September 1918
22) Metz-Frescaty
: 25 September 1918 – 8 October 1918
23) Marville
: 9 October 1918 – 6 November 1918
24) Tellancourt
: 7 November 1918 – 11 November 1918
, Friedrich Friedrichs
, Justus Grassmann
, and Friedrich Schumacher.
s, two Albatros D.II
s, two Fokker D.IIs, and a Halberstadt D.II
. Later in the war, during the Summer of 1918, the unit operated Albatros D.V
s, Pfalz D.III
s, Fokker D.VII
s, Fokker Dr.I
triplanes, and a few Fokker D.VIII
s. The triplanes often had their cowlings painted black, with white facing.
The jasta's first victory was by Paul Aue on 25 March 1917, as it began its support of 5th Armee. Jasta 10 moved to support of 4 Armee in early 1917, near Courtrai. In June 1917, Jasta 10 joined the Flying Circus, with Jasta 4, Jasta 6
, and Jasta 11
forming the new fighter wing. The Jasta supported various armies on several fronts as the tempo of the war increased.
Jasta 10 was disbanded after the end of the war.
Luftstreitkräfte
The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte , known before October 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches , or simply Die Fliegertruppen, was the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I...
, which was the forerunner to the Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe is a generic German term for an air force. It is also the official name for two of the four historic German air forces, the Wehrmacht air arm founded in 1935 and disbanded in 1946; and the current Bundeswehr air arm founded in 1956....
. Jasta 10, in its brief existence, was credited with 118 enemy planes and 33 enemy observation balloons destroyed. In turn, it would lose twenty killed in action
Killed in action
Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
, another killed in a flying accident, ten wounded in action
Wounded in action
Wounded in action describes soldiers who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during war time, but have not been killed. Typically it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing to fight....
, and four held as prisoners of war.
History
Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 10 was founded from the pre-existing KEK 3 on 28 September 1916 at PhalempinPhalempin
-References:*...
. It was promptly dubbed "Jagdstaffel Linck", after its original commanding officer.
Staffelführer (Commanding Officers)
1) Ludwig Linck: 21 September 1916 – KIAKilled in action
Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to...
22 October 1916
2) Karl Rummelspacher: 23 October 1916 – 18 June 1917
3) Albert Dossenbach
Albert Dossenbach
Leutnant Albert Dossenbach was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.-Early service:Dossenbach was a medical student when the war began. He joined the army's Kaiser Wilhelm Fusilier Regiment No. 90 as a one year volunteer on 1 April 1914. Within his first month of his service,...
: 24 June 1917 – KIA 3 July 1917
4) Ernst Freiherr von Althaus
Ernst Freiherr von Althaus
Ernst Freiherr von Althaus was a German flying ace in World War I, credited with nine confirmed aerial victories, as well as eight unconfirmed ones...
: 6 July 1917 – 30 July 1917
5) Werner Voss
Werner Voss
Werner Voss was a World War I German flying ace, a friend and rival of the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen....
: 30 July 1917 – 23 (KIA) September 1917
6) Ernst Weigard: 24 September 1917 – (KIA) 25 September 1917
7) Max Kühn (Acting): 26 September 1917 – 27 September 1917
8) Hans Klein
Hans Klein
Dipl.-Ing. Hans KleinIn German an engineer's degree is called Diplom-Ingenieur was a German World War I fighter ace credited with 22 aerial victories...
WIA
Wounded in action
Wounded in action describes soldiers who have been wounded while fighting in a combat zone during war time, but have not been killed. Typically it implies that they are temporarily or permanently incapable of bearing arms or continuing to fight....
: 27 September 1917 – 19 Feb 1918
9) Hans Weiss
Hans Weiss (aviator)
-Early life and service:Weiss was a native of Hof, which was situated on the Austrian/German border. He began school in Bayreuth in 1912, studying mechanical engineering. After several attempts to volunteer for service at the beginning of World War I, he was accepted by the pioneers at Ingolstadt...
(Acting): 27 March 1918 – 1 April 1918
10) Erich Löwenhardt
Erich Löwenhardt
Erich Löwenhardt was the 3rd highest German flying ace with 54 victories during the First World War, behind only Manfred von Richthofen and Ernst Udet.-Early life and service:...
: 1 April 1918 – 19 June 1918
11) Alois Heldmann
Alois Heldmann
Colonel Alois Heldmann was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 confirmed aerial victories while he was a leutnant. He later joined the Luftwaffe and was a flying school inspector.-Early life:...
(Acting): 19 June 1918 – 6 July 1918
12) Erich Löwenhardt (KIA): 6 July 1918 – 10 August 1918
13) Alois Heldmann (Acting): 10 August 1918 – 14 August 1918
14) Arthur Laumann
Arthur Laumann
Leutnant Arthur Laumann was a German World War I flying ace who scored 28 victories in just over three months. He rose to become Air Attache to Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II, raising to a final rank of Luftwaffe Generalmajor....
: 14 August 1918 – 11 Nov 1918
Duty stations (airfields)
1) PhalempinPhalempin
-References:*...
: 28 September 1916 – 27 October 1916
2) Jametz
Jametz
Jametz is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France....
, near Stenay: 28 October 1916 – 12 Dec 1916
3) Angevillers
Angevillers
Angevillers is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Moselle department*Ouvrage Rochonvillers, a Maginot Line fortification that was used as the NATO Central Army Group war headquarters in the 1960s, accessed from the Camp de...
: 12 Dec 1916 – Unknown
4) Leffincourt
Leffincourt
Leffincourt is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.-Population:...
: Unknown – 1 May 1917
5) Bersée
Bersée
Bersée is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.-Heraldry:-References:*...
, Douai: 2 May 1917 – 24 May 1917
6) Heul, Courtrai: 25 May 1917 – 2 July 1917
7) Marckebeke: 2 July 1917 – 21 11 November 1917
8) Iwuy
Iwuy
-References:*...
: 21 11 November 1917 – 20 March 1918
9) Awoingt
Awoingt
Awoingt is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It is south-east of the centre of Cambrai.-Heraldry:-References:*...
: 20 March 1918 – 27 March 1918
10) Léchelle, Pas-de-Calais
Léchelle, Pas-de-Calais
Léchelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A very small farming village situated southeast of Arras, on the D19E road, just a few yards from the A2 autoroute.-Population:...
: 27 March 1918 – 3 April 1918
11) Harbonnières
Harbonnières
Harbonnières is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D337 road, some east of Amiens.-Population:-Places of interest:...
: 3 April 1918 – 12 April 1918
12) Cappy
Cappy, Somme
Cappy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.- Geography :Cappy is situated on the D1 road, some east of Amiens, by the banks of the river Somme.- Population :- History :...
: 12 April 1918 – 13 April 1918
13) Lomme: 14 April 1918 – 21 May 1918
14) Etreux
Étreux
Étreux is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-History:The first major engagement of the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War in August 1914, resulted in what became known as the Great Retreat during the Battle of Mons, in the course of which a strategic...
, Guise: 21 May 1918 – 26 May 1918
15) Puisieux-et-Clanlieu
Puisieux-et-Clanlieu
Puisieux-et-Clanlieu is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-References:*...
: 26 May 1918 – 31 May 1918
16) Rugny
Rugny
Rugny is a commune in the Yonne department in Burgundy in north-central France....
Ferme, Beugneux: 31 May 1918 – 18 July 1918
17) Monthussart Ferme: 18 July 1918 – 29 July 1918
18) Puisieux-et-Clanlieu: 29 July 1918 – 10 August 1918
19) Ennemain
Ennemain
Ennemain is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Ennemain is situated on the D103 and D145 crossroads, from the banks of the river Somme, some west of Saint-Quentin.-Population:-External links:*...
, Falvy: 10 August 1918 – 11 August 1918
20) Bernes
Bernes
Bernes is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Bernes is situated on the junction of the D15 and D87 roads, some northwest of Saint-Quentin.-Population:-External links:* * *...
: 12 August 1918 – 30 August 1918
21) Escaufourt: 30 August 1918 – 20 September 1918
22) Metz-Frescaty
Metz-Frescaty Air Base
Metz-Frescaty Air Base is a front-line French Air Force base. The base is located approximately south-southwest of Metz ; about east of Paris....
: 25 September 1918 – 8 October 1918
23) Marville
Marville, Meuse
Marville is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.An airbase built by NATO hosted fighter squadrons from the RCAF from 1952 to 1967.-Geography:...
: 9 October 1918 – 6 November 1918
24) Tellancourt
Tellancourt
Tellancourt is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France....
: 7 November 1918 – 11 November 1918
Notable personnel
Jasta 10 had thirteen aces serve in its ranks. Many of its commanding officers were notable aces, such as Althaus, Dossenbach, Heldmann, Klein, Laumann, Löwenhardt, Voss, and Weiss, but there were also noteworthy aces within the squadron who did not rise to its command, such as Paul AuePaul Aue
-Early life:Oberst Paul Aue was born on 7 October 1891 in Söbringen, Kingdom of Saxony. He matured into a small man; some sources even call him "diminutive".-World War I:...
, Friedrich Friedrichs
Friedrich Friedrichs
Leutnant Friedrich Friedrichs was a World War I fighter ace credited with 21 victories.-Early life and military service:Friedrich Friedrichs was born in Spork, Westphalia, in western Germany, on 21 February 1895. His father was a customs official. Friedrichs attended Hermann-Tast Gymnasium. He...
, Justus Grassmann
Justus Grassmann
Leutnant Justus Grassmann was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories—seven enemy airplanes and three observation balloons....
, and Friedrich Schumacher.
Aircraft and operations
Original equipment upon foundation was four Fokker E.IVFokker E.IV
|-See also:...
s, two Albatros D.II
Albatros D.II
|-See also:...
s, two Fokker D.IIs, and a Halberstadt D.II
Halberstadt D.II
The Halberstadt D.II was a biplane fighter aircraft of the Luftstreitkräfte that served through the period of Allied air superiority in early 1916, but had begun to be superseded in the Jagdstaffeln by the superior Albatros fighters by the autumn of that year.-Design and development:The D.II was...
. Later in the war, during the Summer of 1918, the unit operated Albatros D.V
Albatros D.V
|-See also:-Bibliography:*Bennett, Leon. Gunning for the Red Baron. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2006. ISBN 1-58544-507-X....
s, Pfalz D.III
Pfalz D.III
|-See also:-Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-93385-271-1.* Grosz, Peter M. Pfalz D.IIIa . Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: Albatros Publications, 1995. ISBN 0-94841-425-1.* Guttman, Jon. Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 ...
s, Fokker D.VII
Fokker D.VII
The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the summer and autumn of 1918. In service, the D.VII quickly proved itself to be a formidable aircraft...
s, Fokker Dr.I
Fokker Dr.I
The Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker was a World War I fighter aircraft built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. The Dr.I saw widespread service in the spring of 1918...
triplanes, and a few Fokker D.VIII
Fokker D.VIII
-See also:-References:* Weyl, A.R. Fokker: The Creative Years. 1988. ISBN 0-851778-17-8....
s. The triplanes often had their cowlings painted black, with white facing.
The jasta's first victory was by Paul Aue on 25 March 1917, as it began its support of 5th Armee. Jasta 10 moved to support of 4 Armee in early 1917, near Courtrai. In June 1917, Jasta 10 joined the Flying Circus, with Jasta 4, Jasta 6
Jasta 6
-History:Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 6 was founded on 25 August 1916. It was one of the original units of the Luftstreitkräfte, which was the forerunner to the Luftwaffe. The jasta was formed from Fokkerstaffel Sivry, itself an early attempt to use the new winged weapons of fighter aircraft...
, and Jasta 11
Jasta 11
Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 11 was founded on 28 September 1916 from elements of 4 armee's Keks 1, 2 and 3 and mobilized on 11 October as part of the German Air Service's expansion program, forming permanent specialised fighter squadrons, or "Jastas"...
forming the new fighter wing. The Jasta supported various armies on several fronts as the tempo of the war increased.
Jasta 10 was disbanded after the end of the war.