Schäpe reported for his required military obligation on 16 October 1912, only to be discharged on 14 November. There is no information as to how he rejoined the military, but somehow he volunteered for aviation duty early in the First World War, and was sent for aviation training on 4 February 1915. He passed through primary and advanced schooling at Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 4 (Replacement Detachment 4), and Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 8 (Replacement Detachment 8) to serve in Kampfgeschwader 5 (Tactical Bomber Wing 5), Kampfstaffel 25 (Tactical Bomber Squadron 25), ending up in Kampfstaffel 26 (Tactical Bomber Squadron 26) on 2 October 1915.[1]
He scored his first aerial victory while piloting a two-seater reconnaissance plane, on 22 October 1916. He scored another nine months later, on 28 July 1917, after transferring to a fighter unit, Jasta 33. It was nearly another year before he began scoring again, but he finally became an ace on 24 July 1918. He then ran off a string of 13 triumphs in October 1918.[1][2]
Endnotesedit
^ abcAbove the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918, p. 197
^"Emil Schäpe". The Aerodrome. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
Referencesedit
Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918. Norman Franks, Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. ISBN0-948817-73-9, ISBN978-0-948817-73-1.
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emil, schäpe, vizefeldwebel, october, 1890, january, 1925, german, world, flying, credited, with, aerial, victories, born, 1890, october, 1890elbing, germanydied7, january, 1925, 1925, aged, lörrachallegiancegermanyservice, branchaviationrankvizefeldwebelunitf. Vizefeldwebel Emil Schape 10 October 1890 7 January 1925 was a German World War I flying ace credited with 18 aerial victories Emil SchapeBorn 1890 10 10 10 October 1890Elbing GermanyDied7 January 1925 1925 01 07 aged 34 LorrachAllegianceGermanyService wbr branchAviationRankVizefeldwebelUnitFliegerersatz Abteilung 4 Replacement Detachment 4 Fliegerersatz Abteilung 8 Replacement Detachment 8 Kampfgeschwader 5 Tactical Bomber Wing 5 Kampfstaffel 25 Tactical Bomber Squadron 25 Kampfstaffel 26 Tactical Bomber Squadron 26 Schutzstaffel 8 Protection Squadron 8 Jagdstaffel 5 Fighter Squadron 5 Jagdstaffel 33 Fighter Squadron 33 AwardsIron CrossBiography editSee also Aerial victory standards of World War IEmil Schape was born on 10 October 1890 in Elbing Kingdom of Prussia Germany 1 Schape reported for his required military obligation on 16 October 1912 only to be discharged on 14 November There is no information as to how he rejoined the military but somehow he volunteered for aviation duty early in the First World War and was sent for aviation training on 4 February 1915 He passed through primary and advanced schooling at Fliegerersatz Abteilung 4 Replacement Detachment 4 and Fliegerersatz Abteilung 8 Replacement Detachment 8 to serve in Kampfgeschwader 5 Tactical Bomber Wing 5 Kampfstaffel 25 Tactical Bomber Squadron 25 ending up in Kampfstaffel 26 Tactical Bomber Squadron 26 on 2 October 1915 1 He scored his first aerial victory while piloting a two seater reconnaissance plane on 22 October 1916 He scored another nine months later on 28 July 1917 after transferring to a fighter unit Jasta 33 It was nearly another year before he began scoring again but he finally became an ace on 24 July 1918 He then ran off a string of 13 triumphs in October 1918 1 2 Endnotes edit a b c Above the Lines The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 1918 p 197 Emil Schape The Aerodrome Retrieved 3 January 2010 References editAbove the Lines The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914 1918 Norman Franks Frank W Bailey Russell Guest Grub Street 1993 ISBN 0 948817 73 9 ISBN 978 0 948817 73 1 nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the German Air Force is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Emil Schape amp oldid 1173260037, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
