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| Name: | Friedrich "Fritz" Ritter von Röth |  | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Oberleutnant | Squadrons: | FAA 296 Jasta 16, 23, 34 | Victories: | 28 | Born: | 29 September 1893 | Place of Birth: | Nurnburg | Died: | 31 December 1918 | | Place of Death: | |
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| | Röth was badly wounded while serving with an artillery regiment. He transferred to the German Air Service after recovering from his wounds but was seriously injured in a flying accident during training. In and out of hospitals for nearly two years, Röth eventually scored his first three victories on 25 January 1918. On that day, he shot down 3 enemy balloons in less than ten minutes. By the end of the war, Röth was Germany's highest scoring balloon buster. Of his 28 confirmed victories, 20 of them were balloons.
Extremely depressed that Germany had lost the war, Röth committed suicide. His Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Max-Joseph was awarded posthumously in 1919. |
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