Leutnant Karl Allmenröder?

Something suggests he Austro-Hungarian.

Frank Linke-Crawford?

No and no. He is wearing a German uniform.

Is it perhaps Josef Jacobs?

Mikael

Lt. Fritz Putter, CO Jasta 68?

Cheers,
Lance

No sir.




Sorry no.

Well...................., my distant second choice was Jasta 28's Lt. Ernst Hess. Otherwise this one has me baffled!
Cheers,
Lance

It is not E. Hess. But they were both in the same unit just not at the same time. (Not Jasta 28w.)

Ernst Freiherr von Althaus – both him and Hess where with Jasta 10 during their careers?

Mikael

Right unit wrong man. Not v. Althaus.

Oblt. Erich Löwenhardt – Germanys third ranking ace?

Mikael

Sorry Mikael not Löwenhardt.

O.K. Maybe one more try.......a young Max Nather, 26 Victories with Jasta 62? (and never received his nominated Blue Max)
Cheers,
Lance

If not Naether (did not serve in J.28) then Ltn. August Hanko ?


Ed

No sir.




Sorry Ed, not Hanko either.

Ok, Jasta 10, Obl. Hans Klein

Ed

Sorry Ed, it is not Klein.

Lets add some information. He came from Jasta 14 on 21 Sept. 1917 but was KIA 2 Oct. 1917.

Ltn. Max Roemer! Jasta 10 killed in action 02 October 1917 over Westroosebeke.
Cheers,
Lance

Yes, it is Max Römer.

Only the Good die young....

Captn Tommy

Very young in this case. I'd like to know more about him; couldn't find much info on him however he did serve in the Army at the Front at the age of 15 according to one reference!
Do you have a history on him, Stephen?
Cheers,
Lance

I think there is a bit about him in the Lieutenant der Reserve Werner Voss and the Pilots of Jasta 10 book. Chapter 12. Lance, you have that book don't you?

Here is what I found.

"Ltn. Max Römer (Roemer) (Römer) – Pfalz D.III –
• Born: 29 Feb 1896 near Mönchsberg (Wttbg) - ‘frontflieger.de’; ‘denkmalprojekt.org’. Officer in Infantrie Rgt. 125.
• Units assigned: FAA208, Jasta 10, 14 - ‘The Illustrated Red Baron’ by Kilduff pg 145; ‘The Jasta Pilots’ by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven – pg 242.
• Initially assigned to Jasta 14 - ‘The Illustrated Red Baron: The life and times of Manfred Von Richthofen’ by Peter Kilduff – pg 146.
• On 21 Sept 1917, Lt Römer was posted with Kogenluft 61189 Fl.I., then to JG I, and then to Jasta 10 - ‘Jagd in Flanders Himmel’ by Karl Bodenschatz; ‘aerodrome.com’ – Kilian.
• Joined Jasta 10 on: 21 Sep 1917 - The Illustrated Red Baron’ by Peter Kilduff pg 145; ‘The Jasta Pilots’ by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven – pg 242; ‘aerodrome.com’ – Rick Duiven and Lloyd Leichentritt; ‘The Illustrated Red Baron: The life and times of Manfred Von Richthofen’ by Peter Kilduff – pg 146.
• He is credited with 0 Victories.
• His personel aircraft had a ‘wash’ applied over the national markings, probably yellow a Jasta 10 color. The lightning bolt was Römer’s individual insignia - ‘The Red Baron Combat Wing: Jagdgeschwader Richthofen in Battle’ by Peter Kilduff.
• Max Römer and Ltn d.R. Rüdenberg were friends - ‘Over the Front Vol.16-2001-Sunner Issue No.2’ by Dov Gavish, PhD and Dieter H.M. Groschel, M.D – pg 123.
• He was with JG I just four weeks before he was killed in Action.
• He was Killed in Action on 02 Oct 1917 over Westroosebeke @ 10:30 according to ‘JASTA WAR CHRONOLOGY’; ‘Casualties of the German Air Service 1914-1920’ by Norman Franks – pg 231; ‘The Jasta War Chronology’ by Norman Franks – pg 105; ‘Air Aces of the 1914 – 1918 War’ by D.A. Russell – Pg 194 -197; ‘The Jasta Pilots’ by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven – pg 242; ‘aerodrome.com’ – Rick Duiven and Lloyd Leichentritt; ‘The Illustrated Red Baron: The life and times of Manfred Von Richthofen’ by Peter Kilduff – pg 146.
-- Note: Also in Osprey’s ‘Richthofen’s Circus; Jagdgeschwader Nr I’ claims he went down on 03 Oct 1917, a victim of 55 Sq DH4.
• He was shot down in flames and Killed in Action on 02 Oct 1917 near Kortrijk (Westroosebeke), Belgium as confirmed by Lt. Rudenberg and Lt. Rudenberg further noted that Ltn Römer had been attacked by another German pilot, from another Jasta, who was unfamiliar with the lines of the new Pfalz D.III the Jasta 10 pilot was flying - ‘Richthofen’s Circus; Jagdgeschwader Nr I’ by Greg VanWyngarden – pg 57; ‘Pfalz Scout Aces of World War 1’ by Greg VanWyngarden – pg 23; ‘Frontflieger.de’; ‘The Illustrated Red Baron’ by Peter Kilduff pg 145; ‘The Jasta Pilots’ by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey and Rick Duiven – pg 242, 348; ‘denkmalprojekt.org’. . ."

Though it seems unlikey that Jasta 7 (the unit Jasta 10 met)was unfamiliar with the lines of the Pfalz D.III.

". . . On 02 Oct 1917, Capt. Maybery attacked an enemy scout at 12,000 feet over Moorslede. He fired both guns and zoomed away at the last moment. Bowman saw the enemy scout go down to crash half a mile west of St. Pieter. This Albatros was flown by Ltn. Max Roemer of Jasta 10, and was killed in the subsequent crash - ‘High in the Empty Blue: The History of 56 Squadron, RFC/RAF 1916-1920’ by Alex Revell – pg 177.
• Lt. Max Römer, a former infantry Officer, at the tender age of 21 and had been with the Staffel for only eleven days, was shot down in flams over Westroosebeke by a D.H 4 on 02 Oct 1917. The victors were 2/AM S. Leyland and Lt. M. Jones of No. 55 Squadron - ‘The Red Baron Combat Wing: Jagdgeschwader Richthofen in Battle’ by Peter Kilduff – pg 147; RFC Communique’ No. 108, 11 Oct 1917, p.2.
• His grave is questionably at Kortrijk, Belgium - ‘frontfleiger.de’."

Russell Gannon wrote,




Though it seems unlikey that Jasta 7 (the unit Jasta 10 met)was unfamiliar with the lines of the Pfalz D.III.