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Hans von Adam [Germany]

Name:Hans Ritter von Adam
Country:Germany
Rank:Leutnant
Squadrons:FAA 2b
Jasta 6, 34
Victories:21
Born:24 May 1886
Place of Birth:Eisenstein, Bavaria
Died:15 November 1917Killed In Action
Place of Death:
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order
Iron Cross 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Max-Joseph
Hans von Adam

Notes
Married with two children, Ritter von Adam served in the infantry until he was badly wounded on 2 September 1914. Recovering from his wounds, he transferred to the German Air Service and often flew as an observer for Eduard von Schleich while assigned to FAA 2b. Flying the Albatros D.III, he scored his first three victories with Jasta 34. In the summer of 1917, he joined Jasta 6, becoming Staffelfuhrer on 30 August 1917. He was killed in action near Langemarck when his Albatros D.V was shot down by a Sopwith Camel piloted by Kenneth Montgomery of England. His Knight's Cross with Swords of the Order of the House of Hohenzollern was awarded posthumously.

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