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Hans Berr

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Prussian World War I flying ace (1890-1917)

Lived 1890 to 1917 · aged 26
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Oberleutnant Hans Berr was a German professional soldier and World War I flying ace. At the start of the First World War, he served in a Jäger battalion until severely wounded; he then transferred to aviation duty.

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1916Pour le Mérite
Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
Iron Cross 1st Class
Military Merit Order (Bavaria)
War Merit Cross (Reuss)
War Merit Cross (Brunswick)
Hanseatic Cross

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Oberleutnant Hans Berr was a German professional soldier and World War I flying ace. At the start of the First World War, he served in a Jäger battalion until severely wounded; he then transferred to aviation duty. Once trained as a pilot, he helped pioneer the world's first dedicated fighter airplane, the Fokker Eindecker "flying gun". Flying one, Berr shot down two enemy airplanes in March 1916 as his contribution to the Fokker Scourge. Berr was then chosen to command one of the world's original fighter squadrons, Jagdstaffel 5. Leading his pilots by example, Berr scored eight more victories in a four-week span in October - November 1916 while his pilots began to compile their own victories. Hans Berr was awarded Germany's highest military honor, the Pour le Merite, on 4 December 1916. During a 6 April 1917 dogfight, Berr and his wingman mortally collided.

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Lived 1890 to 1917 · aged 26
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