1st Ottoman Aircraft Company

[stevebecker]

Mates,

I notice the fliegers in this the first raised Ottoman Air Company are a bit short on names. There were around 17 Ottoman Air Companies raised an many Germans filled a number of appointments in these.

These are the known Germans who I found served in the 1st Air Company (Tayyare Boluk) in Turkish between 1915 to 1918

This company remained at the Dardenelles for all the war, one of a number of Companies that protected the City of Istanbul and the Fleet bases

Rank is shown like Lt (Capt) which shows his German rank and Ottoman rank (brackets) which was always one higher then the German Rank. any other problems let me know

Corrections or additions are welcome

Anschütz (Auschütz) (Anschwitz) Oskar Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk Çanakkale 9-15 shown 5th Aircraft Company 1918 1915-18 name shown on postcard with Serno and Faller shown Albatros B1 with Lt Funfhausen (P) attacked a Monitor off Imbros 2-2-16 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) (not identified) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Berkhausen Lt Eng Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-16 1915-18 att Mechanic to first Sqn as maintence by Serno 2-15 shown WIA 12-11-16 in LVG with Pommerich (P) by British Neiuport fighter on photo recce over Tenedos 12-11-16 (not identified)? (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Böhm (Boehm) Reinhold or Siegfried civilian / Lt (Capt) Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 2-15 1915- (Shown German-Turkish Air Auxiliary Comand at Czerneheviz in Hungary) ferry aircraft to Turkey 2-15 crashed with Lt Alaaddin (O) ferrying Rumpler B1 (R5) near Plovdiv Bulgaria 5-15 RTG 4-16 (not identified)? to many to confirm? (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Bolze Capt Pilot Airforce 1-18 to OC 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 6-18 to 9-18 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Croneiss Karl Lt (Capt) Deutsche Militär-Mission in der Türkei - 1915 Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1915 to 2nd Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 5-16 shown 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 2-18 & Commander Ottoman Flying School in San Stefano 1918 1915-18 (1891 in Bad Durkheim died 31-7-73) reported damaged Albatros D3 in same combat that WIA his brother 8-2-18 RTG 4-18 awarded EK II & EK I and Ottoman Imtiaz and Medjidie Order and Silver Liakat Medal and War Medal later worked for Messerschmidt brother Theodor (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Croneiss Theodor Jakob ObLt (Capt) Pilot Airforce Fokker Staffel 12-15 to OC 6th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 4-16 to OC 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (from fischer) 10-16 shown still OC 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk + Dardenelles Aircraft Command with 6th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (to Feldflieger Abteilung 6) 1-17 - Üstegmen Croneiss Çanakkale bogazinda denizci Pilot 1915-18 (born 1894 at Schweinfurt died 7-11-42) from Feldflieger-Abteilung 66 (Eastern Front & Macedonia) to Turkey replaced Korner 1-16 shown shot British Farman near El Sedd-ul-Bahr Gallipoli 7-1-16 shot down RNAS Voisin III (8502) with Bremner/Burnaby near Cape Hellas 8-1-16 shown shot down a Farman or BE 2c around Baba-Tepe near Imbros 4-2-16 shown shot down a Sopwith near Gulf of Saros 24-1-18 shown WIA 8-2-18 in Halberstadt D5 in combat over Chanakale 8-2-18 reported possibly brought down RNAS Lt Wimbush in DH9 of 220 Sqn RAF over Gallipoli claimed a Sopwith Scout 23-5-18 claimed all 5 victories during stay at 6th Sqn around Gallipoli RTG 6-18 sick malaria (5 or 7 victories) later worked for Messerschmidt awarded House Order of Hohenzollern and Ottoman Imtiyaz Medal and Silver Liakat Medal (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Dobberstein Fritz Wachtmeister / VzFeldwebel Pilot Airforce 1-16 shown 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 10-16 t/att 5th Aircraft Company 10-16 shown still 1st Aircraft Company 1-17 RTG 9-18 (1.Tayyare Bölügü astsubay basçavus) 1916-17 (not identified)?

Eicke Franz Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company 1918 Tayyare Boluk 1917-18 (not identified) wrote account shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Eige Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1918 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Estrachoz Lt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 3-17 1917- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Faller (Feller) Arthur ObLt (Capt) Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 5-15 (9-15) shown Jasta 300 5-16 to OC 5th Aircraft Company (replaced Tahsin) 6-16 still OC 12-16 to OC 2nd Aircraft Company (after death of von Aulock) 4-17 to (Kofl) Kommandeur der Flieger 5th Army (from Kettembeil) 10-17 Izmir ve Çanakkale'de 5. Ordu'da Uçak Bölüklerinin sonraki komutani (Izmir and Çanakkale'da 5th Army Aircraft Company's next commander) 1915-16 (born 1887 died 1965) from Infanterie Regiment No 169 pilots licence 153 (1912) - Aerial race 'Rund um Berlin 1912 - shown on postcard with Maj Siegert in Albatross B1 (A12) over Dardenells 5-1-16 to Mesopotamia mentioned by Guhr in his book (not identified) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Fannenstiel (Pfannensteil) ObLt Observer Airforce 6th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk to OC 5th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-16 shown 6th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-17 shown 1st Aircraft Company 1917 shown 5th Aircraft Company 9-17 to OC 5th Aircraft Company (from Capt Faller) 12-17 shown still OC 1-18 at Izmir 6. Kesif Uçak bölügü komutani (6th Disconnection Aircraft squadron commander) 1916- first OC at Smyrna shown took over from Buddecke when Fokker staffel rtn 6th Sqn 4-16 shown with Croneiss (P) on recce over Tenedos 28-1-17 (not identified) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Fischer Rudolf ObLt deR Observer Airforce Feldflieger-Truppe 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 12-15 shown T/att OC Coastal Recce unit 1-16 to OC 1st Aircraft Company (from von Schlichting) 2-16 to 5th Aircraft Company 10-16 1916- (1891 at Markranstädt KIA 8-10-16) in Smyrna commemoration at Tarabya Istanbul cause not stated? Ex Guard Regiment No 1 shown Rumpler C1 (R15) with
Pommrich (P) on raid to Tenedos 10-16 shown MIA 8-10-16 in Albatros C3 (AK14) with Lt Fisher (O) disappeared on sortie over Samos possibly KIA 8-10-16 or 7-11-16 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Franz Sgt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-18 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Fünfhausen civilian / Lt Pilot Airforce 2-15 to 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 9-15 to OC 7th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (from Anschwitz) 10-16 to 12-16 (shown German Seaplane Sqn (Wasserfliegerabteilung) in Wolf's book?) 1915-18 (Shown German-Turkish Air Auxiliary Comand at Czerneheviz in Hungary) ferry aircraft to Turkey 2-15 shown in Albatros C1 with Capt Schlichting (O) in attack on British Monitors off Suva 2-12-15 shown with Maj Siegert (O) in Albatross C1 over Imbros and Lemnos 6-1-16 shown Albatros B1 with Lt Anschwitz (O) attacked a Monitor off Imbros 2-2-16 shown Albatros B1 (A11) with Lt Kettembeil (O) crashed into sea off Tenedos after raid and saved 6-16 RTG 1917 (not identified) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Garber Hugo Johann Max Jakob civilian / Lt Pilot Airforce Çanakkale 2-15 to 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 5-15 RTG 9-15 1915- (1893 - 1928) (Shown German-Turkish Air Auxiliary Comand at Czerneheviz in Hungary) ferry aircraft to Turkey 2-15 shown with Hüseyin Sedat (O) over flew Senro bay 4-15 later flight instructor RTG 9-15 (not identified) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Georgi (possibly Willi) Dr Lt deR metorologist Airforce (shown 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk in Wolf's book) att Jasta 300 5-16 to 11-16 - Flieger-Abteilung 300 RTG 1916 1915-16 (1894 at Wildenfels Zwickau KIA 27-9-18) gefallen near Sains les Marquin France possibly Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie) FA (A) 229 brothers Friedrich and Otto Fußartillerie-Regiment No 12 shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Haaring (Harring Kurt) or (Haring) Karl VzFeldwebel Offizierstellvertreter (officer Cadet) (Deputy officer) Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company (Tayyare Boluk) 4-18 shown 6th Aircraft Company (Tayyare Boluk) 8-18 1915-18 (1893 at Leipzig DoW 17-8-18) reported around WIA 15-8-18 shot stomach from air combat with Meinike (O) landed plane at Dardanellen but died from wounds a few days later grave in German war cemetery at Tarabya Istanbul auch auf Tafel für nicht Geborgene, Flugzeugführer, im Luftkampf tödlich verw. (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Hohenlohe-Öhringen Prinz Friedrich von ObLt (Maj) Observer Airforce shown att 6th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 4-16 to Jasta 300 9-16 - Flieger-Abteilung 300 shown visited 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 9-17 1916-17 from OsFA 1 - shown obsver to Lt Meinecke early 1916 RTG 11-16 dropped off Albatross C3 (AK60) 4-9-17 (not identified) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Keiper Ludwig Lt to ObLt (Capt) Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-16 (11-15) to 2nd Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 2-16 to Adjt Chief of Staff 10-16 to Instructor Observer Aircraft School (Tayyare Mektebi) at Air station at Yesilköy/San Stefano 12-16 (shown OC 9th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1917) to 1918 shown OC 9th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-18 to OC 15th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 9-18 to 10-18 shown to (Kofl) Kommandeur der Flieger 3rd Army near Bulgaria 11-18 de Trakya'da 3. Hava Bölük komutani (3rd Air Squadron Commander in Trakya) 1915-16 1916- 1916-18 (1894 at Jagdhaus Homberg died 24-5-81) from 8Co/2Bn Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment No 118 verwundet WIA 16-9-14 to Observer training Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 6 1915 to Feldflieger-Abteilung 24 5-15 to Ottoman 11-15 Mesopotamia awarded EK II & EK I and Ottoman Mecidiye Order and Silver Imtiyaz medal and Silver Liakat medal and War Medal to LtCol Kommandeur der Aufklärungsgruppe 11 1936 to Col 1938 later WWII Kommandeur der Luftwaffe beim AOK 4 1939 to Gen-Maj Luftwaffe mission to Slavakia 1941-44 to Gen-Lt 1943 PoW 1945 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Kettenbeil (Kettembeil) Karl ObLt (Capt) Observer Airforce (shown Artillery officer HQ Southern Group Darndenells 6-15) to 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 8-15 to Jasta 300 5-16 rtn 10-16 to Beobachterschule Obsver School Aircraft School (Tayyare Mektebi) at Air station at Yesilköy/San Stafano 10-16 to 1-17 to (Kofl) Kommandeur der Flieger 5th Army Smyrna (replaced Schueler) 7-17 - Izmir ve Çanakkale'de 5. Ordu'da Uçak Bölüklerinin sonraki komutani (Izmir and Çanakkale'da 5th Army Aircraft Company's next commander) shown Izmir Group 1-18 to Kommdr de Flieger 5th Army Smyrna (from wayer) 8-18 1915-17 (1890 in Stettin died 12-4-76) from (1st Thuringian) Feldartillerie-Regiment No 19 to Adjt Reserve Feldartillerie-Regiment No 22 8-14 to 6-15 to Turkey 6-15 - claimed in Albatros C1 (AK1 446-1014/15) shot first enemy plane with Lt Preussner (P) on Dardnelles Front over the Gulf of Seros 27-9-15 shown Albatros B1 (A11) with Lt Fünfhausen (P) crashed into sea off Tenedos after raid and saved 6-16 shown LVG with Dobberstein (P) on raid to Tenedos 10-16 to (Kofl) Kommandeur de Flieger 5th Army 7-17 retired 1920 to Maj 1935 to LtCol 1936 to Col 1938 later WWII shown Col Luftwaffe Armee-Oberkommando 11 6-41 to 11-41 to Kdr. d.Lw. (Koflug) bei der 17. Armee 1941 and (Koflug) bei der H.Gr. Mitte. 1942 attached to Ia of Lw.Führungsstab to Deutschen Gesandtschaft in Lissabon (embassy in Lisbon) to Gen-Maj 1943 to Luftattaché an der Deutschen Botschaft in Ankarra 1943-44 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Klaus Edwin Offizier Stellvertreter Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 3-17 to 2nd Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1917-18 (1889 at Obergneus died 9-5-18) near El-Humar cause not stated? served in Mesopotamia (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Klingenbeil (Klingebiel) Fritz Lt Observer & Meteorology Offizier Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 9-15 (1-16) to 9-18 - Feldfliegerabt. 1 near Dardanellen 1915-18 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book (not identified)?

König Friedrich Karl Flieger / Flugzeugf Lt Pilot Airforce Feldflieger Abt. Dardanellen att Ottoman Air unit at St Stefano (unit unknown possibly 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk ) 1915- (1883 at Berlin DoD 11-11-15) Krankheit (illness) in the German hospital) at Konstantinopel grave in German war cemetery at Tarabya Istanbul Todesart nicht lesbar (type of death unknown) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Körner Wilhelm Rudolf Martin ObLt (Capt) Observer/photogragher Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 5-15 shown OC (replaced Tashin) 9-15 1915-18 (1885 at Dessau or Oranienbaum Anhalt KIA 23-1-17) from Pioneer Btn 15 to photogragher sent to Turkey by Serno (reported Maj Serno brought Wayer and Körner as observers 5-15) to instruct new aircrew 8-15 att Naval 5-15 shown OC seaplane Sqn 9-15 RTG 1-16 to Capt Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) FA (A) 269 Western Front KIA in France awarded EK II & EK I 5-15 and Ottoman Silver Liakat Medal 8-5-15 brother Helmut
Koerner Capt Fußartillerie-Regiment 52 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Landsberg Kapt-LtzS Marine Pilot Airforce shown 1st Aircraft Company at Gallipoli (1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk) possibly German Seaplane Sqn (Wasserfliegerabteilung) 1915-18 shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Langfeld (Langenfeld) Walter Kapt-Lt Marine Pilot Airforce OC German Seaplane Sqn (Wasserfliegerabteilung) 9-15 to Kavak seaplane detachment 1-16 - Bogazlar Özel güçleri Deniz Uçus birlikleri komutani (Strait Special forces Sea Flight troops commander) Deniz kuvvetleri Bogazlar uçak filolari komutani (Naval Strait Boats aircraft fleet commander) - shown 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk in Wolf 1916- Commander of the Navy Straits aircraft fleets (not identified)? (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Lederer Paul ObLt deR Dr (Capt) Observer/Purchasing officer Airforce - Feldfliegerabt. 1 (1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk) shown OC 10th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (from Westfal) 6-17 to 12-17 to instructor for Turkish observers in 1917-18 1917- att 2nd Army on Caucasian front (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) (not identified)

Lehmann ObLt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk at Dardenelles 1916- shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Lent Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1917 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Lesbent (Legbent) Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1918 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Liebmann (Leibmann) Ernst Kapt-Lt Marine Pilot Airforce OC German Seaplane Squadron (Wasserfliegerabteilung) 5-15 - shown as (Alman Donanmasi Özel Müfrezesi Deniz Tayyare Grubu or German Seaplane Group) Deniz kuvvetlerinde Bogazlar Özel güçleri Deniz Uçus birlikleri komutani at Kavak (Zuluk) 1916 (Boats in the naval forces aircraft fleet commander) - shown 1st Aircraft Company at Gallipoli (shown in Wolf) 1915-16 flew first Gotha WD1 (236) to Turkey 5-15 formed German Seaplane Squadron with 3x Gotha WD1 (236) (237) (238) 3 pilots & 3 observers and 6 mechanics shown attacked Russian submarine off Bosporus in Gotha WD1 (240) 26-3-16 and again in Gotha WD1 (238) 13-5-16 first OC awarded EK II 8-15 & EK I 2-16 and Ottoman War Medal (not identified)? (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Lösche Alfred VzFeldwebel Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (shown as FFA 1 Baghdad) to 6th Army Mesopotamia 1916- (1891 at Rudolfstadt died 2-3-16) Er beging Selbstmord (committed suicide) Baghdad Mesopotamia buried Baghdad Cemetery Iraq

Meinecke Emil ObLt Pilot Airforce shown 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 10-15 to Fokker staffel 12-15 to 6th Aircraft Company 4-16 to flight instructor Aircraft School (Tayyare Mektebi) at Air station at Yesilköy shown to T/OC 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (T/replaced Croneiss illness) 1-18 1915-18 (1892 in Mannheim died 2-5-75) from Feldflieger-Abteilung 66 (Eastern Front & Macedonia) to Turkey (flew a Fokker E3) claimed shot down 2 enemy planes 12-15 shown shot down a BE2c near Yenishir 27-1-17 shown shot down Farman F27 No 2 Wing RNAS (N3021) (FLt Maitland-
Heriot/Jameson) both PoW near Chanak 12-2-17 shown shot down a Bristol Scout (D8996) No 2 Wing RNAS (Lt Bysshe) PoW near Hamidge 17-2-17 shown in LVG (LVG3) with Hüseyin Hüsnü (O) ditched on move to Yesilköy 17-4-17 claimed shot down a Sopwith Baby 6th Wing RNAS (N1445) (Lt Johnson) near Nagara Point 20-1-18 & a Sopwith 1½ Strutter (Greek Lt Spyros Hambras) over Maidos 23-1-18 claimed shot down s Sopwith over Gulf of Saros 24-1-18 shown Sopwith Camel near Kilia 29-1-18 flew Albatroos D2 (902/16) in 1918 RTG 10-18 (6 victories) awarded Baden Silver Military Karl Friedrich Order of Merit and Ottoman Silver Liakat Medal with swords and War Medal Later test pilot of Fokker-Werke then a member of the US Air Force also during the Berlin Airlift died in Canada (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Mielenz Lt Pilot Airforce at Gallipoli possibly 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk see Milens 1916-18 (not identified) to many to confirm? shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Milens Lt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 9-15 to 5th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 12-16 1915- (not identified) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Onroch (Unroch) Sgt / Lt (Capt) Observer Airforce shown 12th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 3-17 to 13th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 4-17 shown 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 11-17 to OC (from Bolze) 9-18 1917-18 Mesopotamia shown with Sgt Dore (P) forced landed behind enemy lines and had to walk back 3-3-17 shown Albatros C3 (AK60) with Schliegel (P) recce over Gulf of Saros 8-11-17 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Onrohange Lt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 3-17 1917- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Osterbach Sgt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-18 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Pflanz Hans ObLt Sdr-Kdo (Sonderkommando) to Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1915-18 shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Plates von Capt Pilot Airforce 5-17 to OC 13th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (replaced Prechter) 8-17 to OC 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk (from Croneiss) 4-18 1917-18 shown a Captured British DH4 with Schroeder (O) on recce over Imbros 6-6-18 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Pommrich (Pommerich) (Pomerich) Johannes Unteroffizier Pilot Airforce 2-15 to 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 9-15 to 2nd Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-17 1916-17 (1892 at Chemnitz DoD 6-6-17 or DoD 7-7-17) of typhoid at Mossul / Mosul Mesopotamia shown Rumpler C1 (R15) with Fisher (O) on raid to Tenedos 10-16 claimed brougth down Lt Lander (Wia & PoW) in a BE near Terkit 6-5-17 (in book by Tennant) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Prensitter Lt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 3-17 1917- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Preussner Louis (Preußner Ludwig) civilian / Unteroffizier (Lt) Pilot Airforce CO 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 2-15 to Director Training Flieger Abt. School San Stefano (Aviator Dept. San Stefano) Aircraft School (Tayyare Mektebi) at Air station at Yesilköy 1915 Çanakkale'de Pilot Uçus bölük komutani (Flight Commander in Çanakkale) 1915-16 (1888 at Hölle Bayern DoA 29-5-16) im Deutschen Krankenhaus at Konstantinopel grave in German war cemetery at Tarabya Istanbul Ex Guard Jäger Bn (Shown German-Turkish Air Auxiliary Comand at Czerneheviz in Hungary) ferry aircraft to Turkey 2-15 claimed in Albatros C1 (AK1 446-1014/15) with Lt Ketlembeil (O) brought down first allied plane in 27-9-15 reported instructor with trainee pilot when in Rumpler B1 or (Gotha G2) crashed at San Stefano field - reported mortality in Flying accident with turkish pupil Ali Riza at San Stefano durch Flugzeugabsturz bei San Stefano verwundet shown WIA 16-5-16 from injuries in palne crash and DoA 29-5-16 on grave in türkischen Diensten gefallene preußische Offiziere 10 awarded EK I and Ottoman Silver Liakat Medal and War Medal (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in book by Klaus Wolf

Röder Hermann civilian / Lt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 5-15 to 4th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 12-15 to 3-16 - Iskenderun hava sahasi korunmasi Mersin ve Dogu Ürdün'de (Iskenderun airspace protection in Mersin and East Jordan) 1915-17 (Shown German-Turkish Air Auxiliary Comand at Czerneheviz in Hungary) pilots licence No 507 1913 ferry aircraft to Turkey 2-15 to Adana 1-16 shown flew Rumpler B1 (R12) over Cyprus 14-2-16 RTG 4-16 (not identified)? (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in book by Klaus Wolf

Schlichting von Hans-Jürgen ObLt (Capt) Deutsche Militär-Mission in der Türkei - Ordonnanz-Offiizier with Sanders 6-15 to Fliegerbeobachter Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 9-15 to OC (from Körner) 1-16 to 2-16 to 2nd Aircraft Company 2-16 RTG sick 2-16 to Pilot training at Breslau 1915-16 (1895 at Berlin DoA 1-10-16) todlich abgefturzt (crashed fatally) in a mid-air collision during a training dog fight when his plane was touched by that of a comrade and crashed over the airfield of Breslau - from Großherzoglich Mecklenburgisches Feldartillerie Regiment No 60 - shown in Albatros C1 with Lt Fünfhausen (P) in attack on British Monitors off Suva 2-12-15 RTG sick typhoid 2-16 Mesopotamia (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) father Maj Sigismund Wilhelm Lorenz von
Schlichting killed by Ottoman soldier 28-3-11 and brother Joachim Lt killed with Garde-Grenadier-Regiment No 3 near Beauvraignes-Roiglise on 2-7-16 shown in book by Klaus Wolf

Schliecke Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1918 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Schliegel (Schiegel) Sgt (Lt) Pilot Airforce 3-17 shown 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 11-17 1917-18 shown Albatros C3 (AK60) with Unroch (O) recce over Gulf of Saros 8-11-17 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Schlüter Lt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1917-18 reported crashed and picked up by Turkish navy around 8-18 reported he was said to be beaten up by his Ottoman guards when he and his mechanic were to pick up a captured British plane at Kuludag

Schröeder Sgt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 3-17 to 5th Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk to 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 11-17 1917-18 shown a Captured British DH4 with Plates (O) on recce over Imbros 6-6-18 (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Schubert Wilhelm Lt Sdr-Kdo (Sonderkommando) Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company 1915-18 shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Seidler or Seydler or Sydler Frank civilian / Lt (Lt) Pilot Airforce 2-15 to 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk at Çanakkale 5-15 (shown 18-3-15) RTG 9-15 1915-17 Bavarian (Shown German-Turkish Air Auxiliary Comand at Czerneheviz in Hungary) pilots licence No 286 1912 first pilot ferried Rumpler B1 (R1) to Turkey 2-15 - first sortie in Rumpler B1 (R1) with Lt Hüseyin Sedat Bey (O) spotted Alied Fleet near Dardenelles 18-3-15 (Rumpler B1 (R1 - 315-993/14) was lost in crash 3-7-16) RTG 9-15 awarded Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class and EK II & EK I and Ottoman Laikat Medal and War Medal (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in book by Klaus Wolf

Serno Erich ObLt (Capt) to Capt (Maj) to (Col) Deutsche Militär-Mission Türkei - Pilot Airforce (San Stefano) Yesilköy Flight School (1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk) 2-15 to Airforce chief of Air staff 3-15 to 9-17 rtn 2-18 - Havaci Birlikler Dairesi Baskani (Head of Aviation Units) 1914-18 (1886 in Bochow near Jüterbog died 1963) from Infanterie Regiment No 171 pilot licence 301 (1912) arrived with 12 airforce personal 2-15 shown Albatros B1 (A2) with Hüseyin Sedat (O) in first air battle with pistols over Gallipoli 2-5-15 att to Staff Carpathian Corps 9-17 rtn Turkey 2-18 awarded Ottoman Imtiaz Medal with Swords and Medjidie Order with Swords and Silver Liakat medal 3-15 and War Medal Postwar Serno helped to run the Arado company (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen) shown in book by Klaus Wolf

Slutter Sgt Pilot Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1-18 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Stebel (Stabel F.) Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1918 1918- (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Szinster Wachtmeister / Lt Observer Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1917 1917-18 (not identified) (spelling in Ole Nikoljsen)

Zsihau Flugmech Flugmech (Mechanic) Ground crew Airforce 1st Aircraft Company Tayyare Boluk 1917-18 shown with Schluter when beaten up by Ottoman guards at Kuludag

Mate If you like I can place the other Air Companies here so the site can be up dated?

Cheers and Happy New Year

S.B