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206:(Field Flier Detachment) 14 on the
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378:31 May 1917 @ 0820 hours
152:Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt
20:Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt
427:(northeast of Monastir)
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353:5 May 1917 @ 1140 hours
251:List of aerial victories
223:Feldflieger Abteilung 30
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139:Second and First Class
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98:Flieger-Abteilung 30
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