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Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 51, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 51, 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 World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
. The squadron would score over 24 aerial victories during the war. The unit's victories came at the expense of 10 killed in action, two killed in a mid-air collision, two wounded in action, one injured in an aviation accident, and two taken prisoner of war. A member of this unit was
Friedrich Karl Florian Friedrich Karl Florian (4 February 1894 – 24 October 1975) was the ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Düsseldorf throughout its existence in Nazi Germany. Early life The son of a Prussian railway master, Florian moved in his youth to East Prussia. After g ...
Nazi
Gauleiter A ''Gauleiter'' () was a regional leader of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) who served as the head of a ''Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany, Gau'' or ''Reichsgau''. ''Gauleiter'' was the third-highest Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party, rank in ...
of Düsseldorf, Germany.


History

Jasta 51 was founded on 27 December 1917. It went operational on 9 January 1918. Also in January, it joined '' Jagdgruppe 3''. Its first aerial victory came 14 March 1918. The squadron would operate its
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s through war's end.


Commanding officers (''

Staffelführer ''Staffelführer'' (, " Formation leader") was one of the first paramilitary ranks used by the German ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) in the early years of that group's existence. The later SS rank of ''Staffelführer'' traces its origins to the First ...
'')

* Hans-Eberhardt Gandert: 27 December 1917 – 29 September 1918 * Karl Plauth: 10 October 1918 – ca 11 November 1918


Duty stations

* Wynghene: 10 January 1918 *
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, Belgium: 1 February 1918


References

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