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for the rest of the war. In June, July, and August 1917, the jasta lost a commanding officer per month to enemy action, even as the unit moved from one hot spot to another. It also struggled with technological problems, as it needed genuine castor oil to lubricate the rotary engines of its aircraft.
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Jasta 6, at the end of the war, moved back into FEA 9, Darmstadt. On 16 November 1918, they disbanded and passed into history. They had been credited with 196 confirmed aerial victories, at the cost of ten pilots
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89:Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 6
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537:. London, UK: Grub Street.
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177:: 1 May 1917 – 9 June 1917
246:Duty stations (airfields)
182:Eduard Ritter von Dostler
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1258:Australian Flying Corps
1246:Royal Naval Air Service
1126:Aviation in World War I
401:Aircraft and operations
1307:Japanese air services
134:Manfred von Richthofen
1237:British air services
1200:Aerial reconnaissance
237:Leutnant de Reserves
230:Leutnant de Reserves
214:Leutnant de Reserves
207:Leutnant de Reserves
190:Leutnant de Reserves
125:and refurbished with
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192:Hans Ritter von Adam
99:Imperial German Army
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1133:People and aircraft
165:Commanding officers
119:Fokkerstaffel Sivry
1283:Romanian Air Corps
1268:French Air Service
1241:Royal Flying Corps
1210:Flight over Vienna
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175:Fritz Otto Bernert
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395:Kurt KĂĽppers
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308:Cappy, Somme
303:Harbonnières
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1171:and battles
499:16 December
391:Franz Hemer
368:Tellancourt
333:Monthussart
271:Bisseghem,
103:World War I
78:World War I
74:Engagements
1366:Categories
1140:Commanders
441:References
417:assigned.
415:Fokker D.V
278:Marckebeke
129:fighters.
1169:Campaigns
1160:Zeppelins
489:"Jasta 6"
409:, mostly
385:Personnel
379:Darmstadt
351:North of
173:Leutnant
41:1916–1918
1188:Cuxhaven
955:Bavarian
599:Prussian
363:Marville
342:Ennemain
338:Puisieux
323:Puisieux
298:Lechelle
288:Bouchain
273:Courtrai
1220:Battles
590:of the
353:Busigny
328:Begneux
293:Awoingt
136:formed
123:2 Armee
109:History
101:during
46:Country
21:Jasta 6
1183:German
588:Jastas
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495:. 2015
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257:Jametz
56:Branch
38:Active
1016:Saxon
335:Ferme
318:Guise
313:Lomme
252:Sivry
196:(KIA)
186:(KIA)
132:When
115:Jasta
1145:Aces
539:ISBN
501:2015
393:and
153:, 9
113:The
66:Type
224:WIA
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