Luftstreitkräfte
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The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊftˌʃtʁaɪtkʁɛftə], German Air Combat Forces)—known before October 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (The Imperial German Air Service, lit “The flying troops of the German Kaiser’s Reich”)—was the air arm of the Imperial German Army.[1] In English-language sources it is usually referred to as the Imperial German Air Service, although that is not a literal translation of either name. German naval aviators of the Marine-Fliegerabteilung were an integral part of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Both military branches operated aeroplanes, observation balloons and airships.
German Air Combat Forces | |
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Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte | |
Founded | 1 May 1910 – 8 May 1920 |
Country | German Empire (1910–1918) Weimar Republic (1918–1920) |
Allegiance | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
Branch | Imperial German Army |
Type | Air force |
Role | Aerial warfare |
Size | 1918: 2,709 front line aircraft 56 airships 186 balloon detachments About 4,500 aircrew |
Engagements | World War I Greater Poland Uprising (1918–1919) |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen Ernst von Hoeppner |
Insignia | |
1914–1915 | |
1916 – March 1918 | |
March/April 1918 – 1919 |