The Prussian Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Hello! I´d like to show you Hindenburg at a visit at Feldflieger-Abt. 14 in 1916. We also see an austrian and a turkish officer. The austrian is from a Landwehrgebirgs unit. He also wears an Edelweiß. The man with the tschako probably has shoulder boards from a Telegraphen unit (T) and the Ulan wears probably a 9. Do you agree? Who could be the observer? Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Hello . the observer appears to be a major .of technical branch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Yes. Maybe engeneer because of the black Litzen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 The Prussian : Pioniere ,or flieger,or railway, more improbably,Garde Artillery, The uhlan officer wears M15 bluse with lancer cap and carries a type of sabre not common. to me what appears on his shoulder board is an L. the man with tschako to me is a Garde jaeger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hello! The unit is: Stabsoffizier der Flieger (Stofl) 14 The observer is Major Johannes von Chamier-Glisczinski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Nice, how many majors were in the Flieger Branch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Do you mean only in that unit or generally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayern Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Not much . remember that the Flieger branch was of small size at the beggining of the war and until October of 1916 was not independized under genera von Hoeppner . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 In General... ive seen only a few photos of Flieger majors and it seems most commanders were Captains. I would think there should have been several field grade officers commanding by 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 I´m not sure. I´will ask a specialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Charles, although wartime appointments are not shown, the 1918 Prussian army seniority list details the active field officers of the Luftstreitkräfte as follows: 2 X Oberstleutnant (Thomsen and Siegert) and 17 majors. Wartime appointments are not given. Presumably a tiny handful of reserve/Landwehr can be added but the promotion of these officers to field rank was still relatively rare even in wartime. The 1919 list shows an increase although those officer already retired and of course fatalities since the previous year are no longer listed: 1 Oberst (Thomsen) 1 Oberstleutnant (Siegert) and 25 majors. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 Hello Glenn! Thanks a lot for those addtional infos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccj Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Thanks Glenn, I’m glad you could answer this question and it’s a few more than I imagined. 20 hours ago, Glenn J said: Charles, although wartime appointments are not shown, the 1918 Prussian army seniority list details the active field officers of the Luftstreitkräfte as follows: 2 X Oberstleutnant (Thomsen and Siegert) and 17 majors. Wartime appointments are not given. Presumably a tiny handful of reserve/Landwehr can be added but the promotion of these officers to field rank was still relatively rare even in wartime. The 1919 list shows an increase although those officer already retired and of course fatalities since the previous year are no longer listed: 1 Oberst (Thomsen) 1 Oberstleutnant (Siegert) and 25 majors. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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