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| Name: | Josef Raesch | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Leutnant | Squadrons: | FA 7 Jasta 43 | Victories: | 7 | Born: | 4 June 1897 | Place of Birth: | Zewen, Rhineland | Died: | | | Place of Death: | |
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| | Raesch enlisted in the army in 1914. At the end of 1917, he transferred from the infantry to the German Air Service. Assigned to Jasta 43 in June 1918, he flew the Fokker D.VII in combat. On 25 July 1918, he was shot down by a Sopwith Camel flown by South African ace Ivan Hind of 40 Squadron. Raesch escaped with only minor burns when he parachuted from the flaming aircraft. On 28 September 1918, and again on 27 October 1918, Raesch shot down an S.E.5a piloted by an ace from the Royal Flying Corps' 29 Squadron. His first victim, Canadian ace Ernest Hoy, was captured. The second was Guy Wareing of England who was killed in action. |
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