Destroyed German Aerial engines
Shown here are destroyed German Aerial engines post Armistice in a German service depot.As the Aerial service was by the start of ww1 still in a relative infancy it was…
Gotha G.IV twin engine bomber
Imperial German Gotha G.IV twin engine bomber (1055/16) in the Royal Dutch Airforce base at Soesterberg.On 18 August 1917 this brand-new craft along with another were returning from a bombing…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 215 Edmund Nathanael
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 215Edmund NathanaelEdmund Nathanael was born in Dielsdorf on December 18, 1889.Little is known if Nathanael first served in a ground unit when the Great War began. It was…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 212 Alexander Zenzes
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 212Alexander ZenzesAlexander Montanus Zenzes was born in the Saxon town of Chemnitz on July 10, 1898.His name first appeared on the rolls of Marine Flieger Jagdstaffel II. Flying…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 187 Franz Büchner
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 187Franz BüchnerYOUNG SOLDIER TURNED PILOTBorn on January 2, 1898 in the Saxon town of Leipzig, Franz Büchner was the son of a businessman. At the age of only…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 185 Karl Schlegel
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 185Karl Schlegel:the last German air ace to die in the Great WarKarl Paul Schlegel was born in Wechselburg, (in the Kingdom of Saxony) on May 7, 1893. At…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 179 Hans Imelmann
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 179Hans ImelmannHans Imelmann was born in Hannover on May 14, 1897. His first known military service was piloting a Fokker Eindekker for one of the early fighter units,…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 177 Friedrich Friedrichs
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 177Friedrich FriedrichsFriedrich "Fritz" Friedrichs was born in Spork, Westphalia on February 21, 1895, the son of a customs official. Young Fritz attended the Hermann-Tast Gymnasium and received his…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 168 Otto Könnecke
EARLY YEARSThe son of a carpenter, Otto Könnecke was born in Straßberg (located in Saxony-Anhalt) on September 20, 1892. He attended the Building Trade School in Frankfurt am Main and…
PEEBLES PROFILES EPISODE 158 Hans Baur
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE 158Hans Baur: the obscure ace who became the personal pilot to Adolf HitlerWORLD WAR IJohannes “Hans” Baur was born on June 19, 1897 in Ampfing in the Kingdom…