Otto Parschau | |
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 Photo of Leutnant Otto Parschau just after earning the Pour le Mérite | |
| Born | 11 November 1890 Klutznick, Allenstein, East Prussia |
| Died | 21 July 1916 (aged 25) Grévillers, France |
| Allegiance |  German Empire |
| Service | Luftstreitkräfte |
| Years of service | 1910-1916 |
| Rank | Leutnant |
| Unit | Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) 42; Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) 261; Flieger-Abteilung 32 |
| Commands | Abwehrkommando Nord |
| Awards | Pour le Mérite Royal House Order of Hohenzollern; Iron Cross 1st Class |
Leutnant Otto Parschau (11 November 1890 – 21 July 1916) was a German World War I flying ace and recipient of the Pour le Mérite, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, and Iron Cross, First Class. He was noted as one of the pre-eminent aces on the Fokker Eindecker. He was one of the world's first flying aces. Parschau and Leutnant Kurt Wintgens were the pilots chosen to fly the prototype of the revolutionary Fokker Eindecker fighter plane with a machine gun synchronized to fire safely through its propeller arc via use of a gun synchronizer.[1]
- ^ Early German Aces of World War I. pp. 4, 9.