Pilot Leutnant Wilhelm Leusch
Jasta 19. Stenay, France, October 1918
Wilhelm Leusch was born on 15 October 1892 in Neuss, Düsseldorf. He enlisted on 5th October 1914 and was posted to Metz in early 1915. Initially assigned to Feldflieger Abteilung 19 he was transferred Jagdstaffel 13 and then, in April 1917, again to Jagdstaffel 19.
He scored his first on the 12th May 1917, shooting down a SPAD. On the 17th June 1918, he shot down another SPAD. On the 6th October, he shot down an American observation balloon, followed by a SPAD S.13 on the 26th October, and a Breguet 14 on 3 November, to become an ace.
Having survived four years of war, Wilhelm Leusch died in a peacetime glider accident on 14 August 1921.
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Original
6.95m
8.90m
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Original
6.95m
8.90m
Original
6.95m
8.90m
3rd
2,317mm
2,967mm
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8th
869mm
1,113mm
24th
289.6mm
370.8mm
4th
1,738mm
2,225mm
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9th
772mm
989mm
32nd
217.2mm
278.1mm
5th
1,390mm
1,780mm
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10th
695mm
890mm
48th
144.8mm
185.4mm
6th
1,158mm
1,483mm
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12th
579mm
742mm
72nd
96.5mm
123.6mm
7th
993mm
1,271mm
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16th
434mm
556mm
144th
48.3mm
61.8mm
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