Recipients of the Hanseatic Cross - Max Immelmann, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Alfred Saalwachter, Karl Decker, Wilhelm Burgdorf (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Max Immelmann, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Alfred Saalwachter, Karl Decker, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Felix Graf von Bothmer, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Rudolf Holste, Joachim Lemelsen, Werner von Gilsa, Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere, Kurt Fricke, Arthur Hauffe, Harald Auffarth, Karl August Nerger, Friedrich Fromm, Hans Freiherr von Funck, Hermann Breith, Horst Grossmann, Hans Jordan, Wilhelm von Apell, Siegfried Haenicke, Wilhelm Meisel, Walter Lucht, Gerhard Matzky, Walter Kuntze, Gustav Hohne, Curt Badinski, Bruno Frankewitz, Paul Drekmann, Gunther Angern, Otto Herfurth, Erick-Oskar Hansen, Theo-Helmut Lieb, Friedrich Herrlein, Johann-Heinrich Eckhardt, Georg von Bismarck, Gustav Fehn, Bruno Bieler, Ulrich Kessler, Walter Assmann, Carl Casper, Adolf Raegener, Carl-Erik Koehler, Karl von Graffen, Curt Gallenkamp, Walter von Boltenstern, Helmuth Beukemann, Hans Behlendorff, Hermann Geyer, Wolfgang von Chamier-Glisczinski, Gustav Kieseritzky, Hermann Meyer-Rabingen, Friedrich Kuhn, August Thiele, Helmuth Huffmann, Werner Lange, Max Lindig, Albert Wodrig, Friedrich Koch, Gerhard Kauffmann, Hans Stohwasser. Excerpt: Max Immelmann (21 September 1890 - 18 June 1916) was the first German World War I flying ace. He was a great pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun. His name has become attached to common flying tactics, and remains a byword in aviation. He was born in Dresden to an industrialist father, who died when Max was young. After leaving school, he joined the Eisenbahnregiment Nr. 2 in 1911, in pursuit of a commission. He left the army in March 1912 to study mechanical engineering in Dresden. He returned to service upon outbreak of war, as a reserve officer candidate. He was assigned to Eisenbahnregiment Nr. 1, but soon transferred to aviation. W..