Jagdstaffel 1

Jasta 1
Active1916–1918
CountryGerman Empire
BranchLuftstreitkräfte
TypeFighter squadron
EngagementsWorld War I

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 1 (commonly abbreviated as Jasta 1) was a fighter squadron of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. Jasta 1 was founded on 22 August 1916, using single seat fighters drawn from First Army. It was one of the first wave of dedicated fighter squadrons founded as a result of Oswald Boelcke's espousal of massing fighter air power.[1] Leopold Reimann scored the first of its 138 aerial victories two days later.[2][3] It served on the Western Front until September 1917, transferred directly to the Italian Front to serve until March 1918, then returned to France for the rest of the war.[4]

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  3. ^ "Jentsch Kurt". flieger-album.de. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
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