Karl Gallwitz
| Karl Gallwitz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
18 August 1895 Sigmaringen, Germany |
| Died |
17 May 1984 (aged 88) Göttingen, Germany |
| Allegiance |
 German Empire |
| Service/branch | Luftwaffe |
| Rank | Leutnant |
| Unit | FAA 231, FA 37, Jasta 29, Jasta 2 |
| Awards | Iron Cross First and Second Class |
Leutnant Karl Gallwitz was a World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. [1]
Gallwitz originally flew a Roland D.III for artillery cooperation units on the Russian Front, shooting down two observation balloons with FA 37, before a brief assignment to Jasta 29. On 24 August 1917, he joined Jasta Boelcke. He scored three times in October; the last one, on the 27th, was over Arthur Rhys-Davids. He started over again in 1918, scoring five more times, including bringing down British aces Robert Kirby Kirkman and John Herbert Hedley. Gallwitz finished out his tally of ten on 21 April 1918,[2] and crashed soon thereafter. Once he recuperated from his injuries, he was assigned to Inspekteur der Flieger.[3]
He later was a professor for agricultural machinery at the university of Göttingen, where he taught from 1936 to 1965.
Sources of information
- ↑ Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918. p. 113.
- ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/gallwitz.php Retrieved on 20 April 2010
- ↑ Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918. p. 113.
References
- Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 - 1918 Norman L. R. Franks, et al. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
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