Claudius Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 engraving ------------------------ O. Hess II Seeflieger Abtlg. W'haven RS ------------------------
VtwinVince Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Holy crap, that is one spectacular Abzeichen, congratulations. I know how rare the real engraved ones are. I've only ever had one, a Bavarian pilot from Johann Schroth which is sadly long gone. Great piece, thanks for showing it.
jaba1914 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 Great badge. Thanks for presenting the badge on this thread. Regards Alex
Claudius Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Otto Hess b. Braunfels 11/21/16 -earns his SeefliegerAbzeichen in SFA II Wilhelmshaven 5/21/17 -transferred to SFA I 7/4/17 -promoted to FlugOberMaat 6/8/17 -EKII awarded 3/19/18 -Promoted to Flugmeister 7/18/18 -A British patrol of two Short 184s out of Westgate (coast of Kent) escorted by two Sopwith Camels out of Manston were met by six Hansa-Brandenburg seaplane fighters (w.29) from Seeflugstation I, Zeebrugge. The air battle occurred over Quadrant 1305K (Kentish Knock). Both Short 184s were shot down. Ace and PLM winner Kapitanleutnant Frederich Christiansen accounted for one of the downed airplanes. Flugmeister Hess and his gunner Hahn were credited with the second. Either; Short 184 number "N2927" with Lt. Pegram (KIA) and 2Lt. Thrower(KIA) or Short 184 number "N2937" with Lt. Vowles (survived) and 2Lt. Farrall (survived) 11/21/18 -Hess and Hahn receive an Ehrenpries, the naval equivalent to the Ehrenbecker. The Ehrenpries trophy is two bronze eagles frozen in aeronautical battle mounted on a black plinth. It currently resides in a WWI Aviation museum in New Zealand. ----There are no known photos of Otto Hess or his airplane.---- (my many thanks to those that have provided me with much of Hess' career information, dates and details of his victory)
jaba1914 Posted February 23, 2015 Author Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) I'm glad that you found one of this badges: sometimes it feels like "100 years" to find a real one of this navy badges. It seems you have the informations from the diary of SFS Flandern I. Regards Alex Edited February 24, 2015 by jaba1914
Söderbaum Posted February 23, 2015 Posted February 23, 2015 Hi Agree, what a wonderful badge !!!! Otto Hess (Heß) apparently served in SFS Borkum while receiving that badge. I only have some fragmentary notes from the KTB of that unit. The name of the observer to Hess is Lt dR MA Otto Holm. (a Swedish sounded name but he was born in Hamburg) Gunnar
Chris Liontas Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Claudius that is a beautiful badge. I've always loved looking at these badges, especially the ones that can be actually attributed to WWI. What a history also.
Claudius Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 @ Gunner -Thanks. I will make the "Holm" corrections to my notes. I should have said from the onset that my chronography on Hess is a work in progress. @Chris Liontas -Thanks. I (of course) agree, these badges and the ones that can be attributed to an individual's WWI history are really special.
jaba1914 Posted April 4, 2015 Author Posted April 4, 2015 Albatros W2 #450 of Lt.z.S. Dettmann from SFS Norderney sometime 1916.
ccj Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 FANTASTIC ENGRAVING. engraving ------------------------O. HessII Seeflieger Abtlg. W'haven RS ------------------------
jaba1914 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Posted April 25, 2015 Nice picture of Seeflugstation Flandern I at Seebrügge.Following planes are on this picture:Fdh FF 33e #503 Fdh FF 33f #537 canceled 09.10.1916Fdh FF 33e #542 canceled 01.02.1917Fdh FF 33e #547 Fdh FF 33e #633 canceled 07.09.1916Fdh FF 33h #638 canceled 22.10.1916Fdh FF 33h #639 canceled 16.09.1916
jaba1914 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Posted May 6, 2015 Great photo Alex! Thank you for showing it.I love it too.Another picture shows sailers from SFS Flensburg at Jan. 1918
David M Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 I feel forced to show a snapshot, taken by my great grandfather on board of SMS Danzig....it is "Friedrichshafen F 33 ", somewhere in the Baltic Sea. Hope you like it... Best regardsRoman Nice picture, a cousin of my greatgrandfather actually flew #835, of the FF33E.
jaba1914 Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 (edited) Nice picture, a cousin of my greatgrandfather actually flew #835, of the FF33E.David, your relative flew more planes at SFS Varna, like:FF33e #529 (Flugmaat Müldner / Ob.Strm.Mt. Wittmann) on 26.01.1916, 29.01.1916, 30.01.1916, 31.01.1916, 01.02.1916 and many moreFF33e #507 (Flugmaat Müldner / bulg. Kapitänleutnant Liaptscheff) on 02.04.1916, 14.04.1916 and many moreFF33e #723 (Vize-Flugmeister Müldner / Flugmeister Wienecke) on 26.09.1916FF33e #738 (Vize-Flugmeister Müldner / Flugmeister Wienecke) on 27.09.1916FF33e #851 (Vize-Flugmeister Müldner / Lt.z.S. Wagner) on 01.05.1917Regards Alex Edited May 30, 2015 by jaba1914
David M Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Great info, Alex. Does it also mentions the date 04.06.1916 and maybe a hint why he got the EK2 at that time or any possible reasons for the other awards he got? I would also like to know why he suddenly goes into a staff-position in September 1917. Was he unfit for active-flying duty from then, did he maybe have an accident?
jaba1914 Posted May 31, 2015 Author Posted May 31, 2015 Hi David, I couldn't find a special reason for the award of the EK2 and the other awards. He got the EK2 for the good work he done during numerous flights, not for one reason. Same for the bulgarian awards. The unit at Varna works vary close with the bulgarian navy. On various flights bulgarian officers flew as observer on german planes. Müldner was one of the pilots who flew with bulgarian officers several reconnaissance missions.Regards Alex
jaba1914 Posted June 20, 2015 Author Posted June 20, 2015 Thank you for your contribution. This thread is getting better with each new post. So please go on.Do you have a name to this picture?Regards Alex
jaba1914 Posted June 20, 2015 Author Posted June 20, 2015 Now I recognise the picture of the reverse with the notation.Flugmaat Harms received the observer badge on 21th May 1918 while he was at Kofl N.Flugmeister Harms was canceled from the list of observer on 19th Sept. 1918 while hw was with II. SFA.Regards Alex
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