Reinhard Treptow
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Reinhard Treptow
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| Born | 28 November 1892 Leikow (present day Poland) |
| Died | Unknown |
| Allegiance | Germany |
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Luftstreitkräfte |
| Rank | Offizierstellvertreter (Officer candidate) |
| Unit | Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) (Flier Detachment (Artillery)) 207, Kampfeinsitzerstaffel (Combat Single-seater Squadron) 4, Jagdstaffel (Fighter Squadron) 25 |
| Awards | Iron Cross, Bulgarian Order of Bravery (all four classes), Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Cross |
Offizierstellvertreter Reinhard Treptow (born 28 November 1892, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.[1]
Biography
Reinhard Treptow was born in Leikow on 28 November 1892. He joined the German Army's 2nd Field Artillery Regiment on 13 October 1913, before World War I began.[2]
He reported for aviation training in 1915, and was posted to Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 5 in Hannover, Germany. Training completed, he passed on to Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) Flier Detachment (Artillery) 207 on 25 October 1915. He flew artillery direction and reconnaissance missions there until March 1917. He was then transferred to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 25, which was stationed in Macedonia.[2]
Endnotes
- ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/treptow.php
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Franks et al 1993, p. 218.
References
- Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W.; Guest, Russell. Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN 0-948817-73-9, ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
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