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with his next triumph, on 28 September; it took several firing passes at 700 meters altitude through heavy ground fire, dodging a couple of enemy fighters, to down the balloon. In the next thirteen months, his victory skein would include five more balloons, making him the Austro-Hungarian's leading
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Bönsch studied mechanics at the State Trade School. He originally joined the army in 1915, but after completing basic training transferred to aviation. His original assignment was as a mechanic with
Fliegerersatzkompagnie 6.
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Italian front; he scored his first victory shortly thereafter, on 1 September, teamed with
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Hauptmann because of his prior experience. He then served at Oschatz Air Base in Saxony.
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had worn the local Austro-Hungarian air force down to only 29 planes. Bönsch was one of the remaining pilots, and scored two victories on the 27th, and one each on the 28th and 29th.
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536:Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1
444:Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1
414:Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1
334:Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1
953:Luftwaffe personnel of World War II
642:Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1
429:Balloon Busting Aces of World War I
399:Balloon Busting Aces of World War I
294:Balloon Busting Aces of World War I
151:credited with 16 aerial victories.
880:Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
875:Imperial Japanese Army Air Service
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915:Bulgarian Army Aeroplane Section
374:"Balloon-Busters of World War I"
852:United States Army Air Service
827:Canadian Air Force (1918–1920)
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714:Aircraft of the Entente Powers
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871:Japanese air services
230:Sources of information
155:Early life and service
801:British air services
764:Aerial reconnaissance
644:. Osprey Publishing.
640:Guttman, Jon (2005).
625:. Osprey Publishing.
551:"The Aces of the LFT"
484:"The Aces of the LFT"
122:3 Gold Awards of the
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704:Commanders
615:References
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