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them less likely to kill their crews. When 1914 began there was a shortage of aircraft and pilots. By the summer the shortage had been alleviated by new pilots trained by flying schools. The use of its aircraft for tactical reconnaissance was established by the German Army in its annual exercise in June 1911. Early use was limited to providing post-flight situation reports.
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were administrative units to provide flights for each army and corps HQ. At first aircraft were transported with armies, being assembled when they were needed but after one aircraft came apart in the air, killing the crew, the practise was abolished. The rest of the aircraft were modified to make
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with four companies each began forming in 1913. Four of the new units were created as part of the
Communications Branch of the Prussian Army and one by the Bavarian Army; Saxony formed a detachment that was attached to a Prussian unit. The
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Category B (unarmed biplane) two-seater aircraft for short-range reconnaissance, photographic reconnaissance and artillery-observation. Longer-range flights being left to Zeppelins. By March 1915 the number of
300:(Fortress Flying Detachments, one Bavarian) for the local defence of towns. Each FFA, having a number usually matching that of the army group it was assigned to, was equipped with either six
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73:Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches
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689:Early German Aces of World War I
207:Prussian Flieger Bataillon Nr 4
179:Prussian Flieger Bataillon Nr 3
155:Prussian Flieger Bataillon Nr 2
131:Prussian Flieger Bataillon Nr 1
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213:: HQ and 1 Kompanie,
185:: HQ and 1 Kompanie,
161:: HQ and 1 Kompanie,
145:: 3 (Saxon) Kompanie
137:: HQ and 1 Kompanie,
28:Feldflieger Abteilung
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649:Rimell, Ray (1985).
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368:Notable Personnel
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474:La Brayelle
365:Attachment
605:References
569:Cowin 2000
201:VIII Korps
167:Königsberg
149:Gardekorps
143:Großenhain
94:Bataillone
521:Footnotes
459:Mülhausen
406:Bavarian
362:Location
359:Unit No.
211:Straßburg
195:Darmstadt
123:Stations
736:Category
386:Bavarian
381:Saarburg
309:Category
225:XV Korps
219:Freiburg
187:Hannover
163:Graudenz
139:Jüterbog
135:Döberitz
304:Idflieg
235:München
173:V Korps
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107:: 1914
52:German
501:Notes
478:Douai
434:Roupy
417:Vrizy
322:Jasta
159:Posen
120:Army
719:ISBN
693:ISBN
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377:Bühl
326:and
215:Metz
183:Köln
70:The
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