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Wüsthoff relieved of Jasta 4 command

Event ID: 757

16 March 1918

50.25304237994465, 3.3653950382567883
Avesnes-le-Sec, Cambrai
Avesnes-le-Sec

Source ID: 68

Red Baron, The Life and Death of an Ace, Peter Kilduff, A David & Charles book, 2007

ISBN: 9780715328217

“The following day, Richthofen made another preparation when he relieved Leutnant Kurt Wüsthoff of command of Jasta 4. Wüsthoff a 27-victory ace and Pour Le Mérite recipient, was transferred to the Geschwader staff. According to his successor, Leutnant Georg von der Osten:

“Leutnant Wüsthoff was a most dashing and successful fighter pilot. For this reason he had been assigned to command Jasta 4 by Richthofen, at the age of 19!… I heard that they did not like him very much there. He was…very much younger than all of his pilots, and he had a very cheaky way. Apart from being a very sympathetic man, he reported victories that he did not always check. So Richthofen relieved him as Staffel leader.””

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