Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 48, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 48, 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
Imperial German Army
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the leadership of Kingdom o ...
during
World War I
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. The squadron would score six aerial victories by the end of August 1918; records past that date are missing. The unit's victories came at the expense of five pilots killed in action, two killed in flying accidents, one wounded in action, and one taken prisoner of war.
History
At least one source insists there are no surviving records of Jasta 48. However, it is known that Jasta 48 began at ''Flieger-Abteilung'' (Flier Detachment) 11 at
Brzeg
Brzeg (; Latin: ''Alta Ripa'', German: ''Brieg'', Silesian German: ''Brigg'', , ) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County. It is situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on t ...
,
Kingdom of Prussia
The Kingdom of Prussia (, ) was a German state that existed from 1701 to 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Rev. ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1946. It played a signif ...
, on 16 December 1916. On 5 January 1917, the new squadron moved to support ''
18 Armee''. The Jasta flew its first combat missions on 12 January 1917. Its original commander scored its first known aerial victory on 6 March 1918. On 19 May 1918, it was relocated to join ''
Jagdgruppe 11'' in support of ''
3 Armee''. Jasta 48 would serve through war's end.
Commanding officers (''
Staffelführer
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'')
*
Kurt Küppers: 16 December 1916
* Walter Stock: August 1918
Duty stations
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Guise
Guise ( , ; ) is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The city was the birthplace of the noble family of Guise, Dukes of Guise, who later became Princes of Joinville.
Population
Sights
The remains of t ...
, France: 5 January 1917
*
Mont-d'Origny, France
*
Villeselve, France
*
Moyencourt
Moyencourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Moyencourt is situated on the D154 road, some southeast of Amiens.
Not to be confused with a commune of a similar name, Moyencourt-lès-Poix, f ...
, France
*
Vivaise, France
*
Chuffilly-Roche, France
* Malmy-Chéméry, France
* Autrecourt, France
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Military units and formations established in 1916
1916 establishments in Germany
Military units and formations disestablished in 1918
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