Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 41, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 41, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''

Luftstreitkräfte The ''Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte'' (, German Air Combat Forces)known before October 1916 as (The Imperial German Air Service, lit. "The flying troops of the German Kaiser’s Reich")was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. In English-langu ...

'', the air arm of the

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during

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. The unit would score 73 aerial victories during the war, including ten observation balloons downed. The squadron's victories came at the expense of ten killed in action, two killed in flying accidents, three wounded in action, and one taken prisoner of war.

History

Jasta 41 was founded at ''Flieger-Abteilung'' (Flier Detachment) 4, Posen on 18 June 1917. It scored its first aerial victory on 3 September 1917.

Commanding officers (''
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* Maxmilian Zeigler gen Stege: until 3 September 1917 * Georg Schlenker: 3 September 1917 * Fritz Höhn: 30 September 1918 * Helmut Brünig: 4 October 1918

Duty stations

* Posen *

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: 5 August 1917

Notable personnel

* Josef Schwendemann * Hans Weiss * Georg Schlenker * Walter Kypke

Operations

Jasta 41 supported '' Armee-Abteilung B'' from 5 August 1917 onwards.

References