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| Name: | Franz Schleiff | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Oberleutnant | Squadrons: | FA 54, 300 Jasta 41, 56 | Victories: | 12 | Born: | 19 September 1896 | Place of Birth: | Altchristburg, East Prussia | Died: | | | Place of Death: | |
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| | Schleiff joined the German Air Service in July 1915. Highly decorated for service on the Eastern Front and in Palestine, he was sent to the Western Front in October 1917. Schleiff assumed command of Jasta 56 in January 1918. On 27 March 1918, his career as a fighter pilot came to an abrupt end after he was struck in the hand by a tracer bullet. He returned safely to his aerodrome but the wound required the amputation of his left hand. |
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