Jagdstaffel_88

Jagdstaffel 88

Jagdstaffel 88

Military unit

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 88, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 88, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I.[1]

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History

Jasta 88 was founded on 28 or 29 October 1918. Its predecessor was Kampfeinsitzerstaffel ("Scout Detachment") 8. The new squadron never became operational.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993), p. 55.
Bibliography
  • Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank W. & Guest, Russell F. (1993). Above The Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service, and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. London, UK: Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
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