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Otto Könnecke [Germany]


Name:Otto Könnecke
Country:Germany
Rank:LeutnantKönnecke's Insignia
Squadrons:Jasta 5, 25
Victories:35
Born:20 September 1892
Place of Birth:Strasbourg
Died:25 January 1956
Place of Death:Germany
Ordre Pour le Mérite (Blue Max)
Knight's Cross with Swords of the Hohenzollern House Order
Otto Könnecke

Notes
Könnecke entered the military in 1911 and learned to fly at Metz in 1913. When the war began, he was serving as a flight instructor. In December 1916, he was posted to Jasta 25 in Macedonia where he scored his first confirmed victory on 5 February 1917. At the end of April, Könnecke was sent to the Western Front where he often flew a green Albatros D.V with red trim and a black and white checkerboard insignia. As non-commissioned officers, Könnecke, Fritz Rumey and Josef Mai shot down 109 enemy aircraft while serving with Jasta 5.

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