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He had achieved nine victories by the end of April 1917. Then, in May, he shot down 13 more enemy airplanes. Nor was that all of his May. On 13 May, with his victory list at 11, he was deputed as the squadron commander while
Richthofen was on leave. Allmenröder shot down two British machines that
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On 27 June, Allmenröder split his force into a trio flying at medium height as a decoy while another three
Germans lurked well above. A Naval 10 evening patrol fell for the trap, diving on the bait trio. As the Sopwith Triplanes dived to the attack, the higher German trio swooped down on them.
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Allmenröder was only 18 when the war began. He became an artilleryman, joining Field
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trimmed out with white nose and elevators, Allmenröder would score a constant string of aerial victories until 26 June 1917, the day before his death. On 27 June 1917, Karl
Allmenröder fell to his death near
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credited with 30 aerial victories. The medical student son of a preacher father was seasoned in the trenches as an 18-year-old artilleryman in the early days of the First World War, earning promotion via
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at noon on 17 February 1917. He scored four more victories the following month, becoming an ace on 30 March. On 24 March 1917, he was awarded the Iron Cross First Class for his valor.
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at 20:45 hours, driving his victory total to 20. Also, at some point on that day, he was slightly wounded in combat. The wound did not prevent him shooting down New
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was leading the
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in the squadron's scarlet livery, with his personal markings of white nose and elevators. The Red Baron often chose
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throughout the next 11 days, shooting down five enemy aircraft. On 25 May, Allmenröder shot down a British
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for propaganda purposes. For this reason, streets named after him have been renamed since the fall of the
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was a short but spectacular string of single and double victories. He achieved his victories flying an
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Wilhelm also became a fighter pilot, scoring two victories flying for
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Karl Allmenröder's Albatros D.III fighter was painted red and white.
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on a morning mission. The evening of the next day, Canadian ace
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Karl Allmenröder's legacy of valor was later used by the
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before being seriously wounded and medically discharged.
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241:(3 May 1896 – 27 June 1917) was a German
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326:Second Class in March, 1915. He also was
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812:Raymond Collishaw and the Black Flight
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155:Field Artillery Regiments 62 & 20;
914:Greg VanWyngarden and Harry Dempsey.
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340:First Class in August 1915.
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512:Gerald Ewart Nash
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386:fighter ace
364:Halberstadt
243:World War I
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768:"Jasta 11"
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246:flying ace
201:Iron Cross
106:Allegiance
69:3 May 1896
65:1896-05-03
957:Biography
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594:(Bavaria)
284:Zillebeke
226:Relations
91:, Belgium
89:Zillebeke
945:Aviation
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790:, p. 73.
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718:, p. 31.
605:Footnote
467:Canadian
451:Prussian
333:leutnant
256:Leutnant
236:Leutnant
171:Commands
146:Leutnant
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