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Max Immelmann (21 September 1890 – 18 June 1916) PLM was the first German World War I flying ace. [1] He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun, which was in fact achieved on 1 July 1915 by the German ace Kurt Wintgens.
The term Immelmann turn, named after German World War I Eindecker fighter ace Leutnant Max Immelmann, refers to two different aircraft maneuvers. In World War I aerial combat , an Immelmann turn was a maneuver used after an attack on another aircraft to reposition the attacking aircraft for another attack.
German ace Max Immelmann (17 victories) is killed at ~2215 hrs. when his Fokker E.III monoplane, 246-16, crashes after breaking up in the air when the interrupter gear malfunctions and he shoots away his own propeller.
Max Immelmann: 15 Otto Löffler 15 Hans-Georg von der Marwitz: 15 Edmund Nathanael: 15 Wilhelm Neuenhofen: 15 Viktor von Pressentin von Rautter: 15 Theodor Quandt: 15 Julius Schmidt (aviator) 15 Kurt Schneider (aviator) 15 Paul Strähle: 15 Reinhold Jörke: 14 Franz Piechulek: 14 Georg Schlenker: 14 Rudolf Wendelmuth: 14 Hans-Joachim Buddecke ...
Basic fighter maneuver development began during World War I, with maneuvers such as the "Immelmann", named after German pilot Max Immelmann, the "break" and the "barrel roll". The modern Immelmann differs from the original version, which is now called a stall turn or "Hammerhead turn". The Immelmann turn was an effective maneuver in the early ...
Oswald Boelcke, future German aerial tactician, was issued the third production M.5K/MG, which he flew during July 1915 with Feldfliegerabteilung 62, based at La Brayelle Airfield near Douai and shared flying time with Max Immelmann [5] After Boelcke achieved his own first aerial victory on 4 July with an Albatros C.I armed two-seat observation ...
The award to Immelmann may have caused the decoration to acquire its popular nickname, the "Blue Max". With more and more pilots reaching this mark the required air victories were steadily increased to about 30 in 1918. [20] In total 76 airmen were awarded the Pour le Mérite.
June 18 – The first German ace, Max Immelmann, is shot down and killed by an FE.2b from the Royal Flying Corps's No. 25 Squadron, a symbolic end to the "Fokker Scourge". He had scored 15 kills. June 24 – Victor Chapman of the Lafayette Escadrille becomes the first American airman to be killed in action, shot down near Verdun-sur-Meuse.