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| Name: | Fritz Rumey | Country: | Germany | Rank: | Leutnant | Squadrons: | FAA 19 Jasta 2, 5 | Victories: | 45 | Born: | 3 March 1891 | Place of Birth: | Konigsberg | Died: | 27 September 1918 |  | Place of Death: | Neuville St. Remy |
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| | When the war began, Rumey was serving with the 45th Infantry Regiment. After serving with the 3rd Grenadier Regiment on the Russian Front, he transferred to the German Air Service in the summer of 1915. Serving first as an observer with FAA 219, he completed Jastaschule and was assigned to Jasta 2 in May 1917. The following month, he was reassigned to Jasta 5. On 26 June 1918, he scored his 25th victory, shooting down a Sopwith Camel flown by Canadian ace Edward Eaton. Rumey was wounded in action on 25 August 1918 and again on 24 September 1918. Three days later, in his last dogfight, Rumey's Fokker D.VII was badly damaged when he collided with an S.E.5a flown by South African ace George Lawson. Rumey jumped from his plane but was killed when his parachute failed to open. |
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