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German officer served with 24th Life Dragoons, 25th Cavalry Bde, 3rd Cavalry Div in Germany, Belgium and on Eastern Front, 8/1914-11/1916; served as pilot with Artillerie Flieger Abteilung 216, German Air Force on Western Front, 1918
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REEL 1 Aspects of operations as pilot with Artillerie Flieger Abteilung 216, German Air Force on Western Front, 1918: prior flying training; 1917; photographic reconnaissance patrols; opinion of Hannover CL III; story of wounding whilst flying DFW CV and being shot down by five Spad SX IIIs in attempt to destroy bridge during German offensive, 21/3/1918. Aspects of operations as officer with 24th Life Dragoons, 25th Cavalry Bde, 3rd Cavalry Div in Germany and Belgium, 8/1914-4/1915: enlistment in Germany, 8/1914; dismounted duties in trenches in Ventomme sector, Belgium, 11/1914; completion of training; move to Eastern Front, 4/1915; Recollections of operations as officer with 4th Life Dragoons, 25th Cavalry Bde, 3rd Cavalry Div on Eastern Front, 4/1915-11/1916: strategic situation and nature of operations during successful diversionary advance into Lithuania and Poland, 4/1915-5/1915; question of cavalry effectiveness in dismounted actions; escorting Russian POWs; opinion of Russian cavalry and Cossacks; taking prisoner during skirmish with Russian cavalry; effects of climate and terrain on cavalry operations; relationship with horse; use of captured Russian stores during extended cavalry operations to destroy railway lines supplying Russian armies in Wilna sector, 7/1915-9/1915; arrival of Russian reinforcements and confused situation during subsequent retreat, 9/1915; opinion of Russian troops; reiteration of story of wounding whilst flying DFW CV and being shot down by five Spad SX IIIs in attempt to destroy bridge during German offensive, 21/3/1918.