Concerning the Albatros Johannistahl built... Pages 32 - 33. While flying Fokker D.VII types, Jasta 46 was commanded by Ltn Otto Creutzmann (8 victories) as a part of Jagdgruppe 2. The pilot of this aircraft is unknown but it was photographed in British hands post war. The lower wing crosses should be further out by one half of a rib space. There is evidence that The unit may have had black not red forward fuselages. The top wing is in 5 colour lozenge while the bottom wing is in four colour. By the way Greg VanWyngarden believes that the forward fuselage is black not red. See upper left image.
Pages 34 - 35. In June 1918, Jasta 43 had a mixture of Fokker D.VII and Albatros D.V & D.va types. In an attempt to unify the equipment, when Jasta 18 moved from the 6th to the 19th Armee area, their older Fokker D.VII (Alb.) types were supplied. These aircraft bear the original Jasta 18 marking, including the raven badge on the fuselage. This aircraft depicted as being from the D. 528 - 926/18 production batch was flown by Leutnant der Reserve (Ltn des Res.) Josef Keller. He joined Jasta 43 on 5 June, 1918. His only victory came on 8 August 1918 when he brought down an SE5a near Bray-sur-Somme. His combat career ended on October 11, 1918, he was seriously wounded when he crashed during test flight a Jasta 43 Fokker D.VII. See lower left image.
Pages 36 - 37. Vzfw Oskar Hennrich joined Jasta 46 on 6 May, 1918, after seven months service as a pilot of two seat types with FAA 273. He shot down a balloon as early as 14 May, and he reached 19 victories by October 1, 1918. Shooting down 13 observation balloons, he became the fourth most successful balloon buster in the Fliegertruppe during WWI. This machine is depicted as coming from the D. 6650 - 6899/18 production batch. The lower wing is an OAW replacement (4 colour lozenge with light blue rib tapes?) and the machine was powered by a BMW IIIa. See upper right image.
Pages 38 - 39. Oberleutnant Robert Ritter von Greim reached his first aerial victory in October
while serving as an observer with FA 3b. He graduated as a pilot after pilot training, serving with FA 46b. In April 1917, he joined Bavarian Jasta 34b, and became the unit commander in June, 1917. He led this unit until end of the war, with brief periods where he commanded the temporary groupings of frontline units called Jagdgruppe. These were Jagdgruppe 9 and Jagdgruppe 10 (Jasta 34b was a part of these higher units, which were similar to a wing). Greim claimed a total 28 victories and he was awarded the Pour le Mérite on 8 October, 1918. Note he is the only pilot represented here with that award. This machine is depicted as coming from D.6650 - 6899/18 ( probably before D.6746/18) in four colour fabric. He continued with his aerial career after WWI, as a consultant to the Chinese Air Force. Later, in the mid thirties, he led Jagdgeschwader Richthofen. His wife was the famous German female pilot Hanna Reitch. In late April, 1945, he was designated as the last Luftwaffe supreme commander and ordered to throw back the invasion of Berlin. He was captured by US troops and committed suicide in a Salzburg hospital on 24 May, 1945. See lower right image.