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My two unkles, same surname, called Fritz and Otto, were fighter pilots in Flandes , WW 1
Can you find any mention about them ? I live in Brazil and several members of the family are pilots, civilian and military , and would like to read facts. Otto was very young and took part in WW 2 as night fighter and instructor. Thank you.
Good morning, Fritz. I have a friend who lives in Niterói. Are you near there? I will try to find some information about your relatives. A quick check of the Internet found this: “Lt. d. R. Fritz Sarnighausen, born 28.06.1892 entered 8.1914 to Frw. Mar. Flg. Abt.; 7.15 to Festg. Landflg-Abt. Speckenbüttel until 5.16, K.E. Abt. Langfuhr
until 7.16 learning combat techniques, later Mar. Landflg. Abt., Hage until 10.16, then a longer time in Wainoden until 9.17, later to the II. Mar. Feldjagdstaffel in Flanders until the end of the war. He leaved the Imp. Marine 16.01.1919.” This statement has many abbreviations. I am not sure what they mean, but apparently refer to the squadrons that your uncle was assigned to. So far, I have found nothing about Otto.
My two unkles, same surname, called Fritz and Otto, were fighter pilots in Flandes , WW 1
Can you find any mention about them ? I live in Brazil and several members of the family are pilots, civilian and military , and would like to read facts. Otto was very young and took part in WW 2 as night fighter and instructor. Thank you.
Good morning, Fritz. I have a friend who lives in Niterói. Are you near there? I will try to find some information about your relatives. A quick check of the Internet found this: “Lt. d. R. Fritz Sarnighausen, born 28.06.1892 entered 8.1914 to Frw. Mar. Flg. Abt.; 7.15 to Festg. Landflg-Abt. Speckenbüttel until 5.16, K.E. Abt. Langfuhr
until 7.16 learning combat techniques, later Mar. Landflg. Abt., Hage until 10.16, then a longer time in Wainoden until 9.17, later to the II. Mar. Feldjagdstaffel in Flanders until the end of the war. He leaved the Imp. Marine 16.01.1919.” This statement has many abbreviations. I am not sure what they mean, but apparently refer to the squadrons that your uncle was assigned to. So far, I have found nothing about Otto.