# Hermann Vallendor

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Hermann Vallendor Hermann Vallendor photographed during WW1 Born 13 April 1894 Offenburg, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Empire Died 15 November 1974(1974-11-15) (aged 80) Montevideo, Uruguay Allegiance Germany Branch Aviation Rank Leutnant Unit Flieger-Abteilung 23, Jagdstaffel 2 Awards Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion, Iron Cross First and Second Class

**Hermann Vallendor** (13 April 1894 – 15 November 1974) was a German [World War I flying ace](/source/List_of_World_War_I_flying_aces_from_Germany).

## Early life

**Hermann Vallendor** was born in [Offenburg](/source/Offenburg), the [Grand Duchy of Baden](/source/Grand_Duchy_of_Baden) on 13 April 1894. He was an engineering student in [Mannheim](/source/Mannheim) before World War I began.[1][2]

## Service in World War I

Vallendor joined the 114th Infantry Regiment of the German Army on 16 October 1914. He was promoted to [Gefreiter](/source/Gefreiter) on 19 May 1915. He was awarded the [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) Second Class on 29 July 1915. A promotion to [Vizefeldwebel](/source/Vizefeldwebel) followed on 5 December 1915.[1] He then was raised from the enlisted ranks, being [commissioned](/source/Commission_(document)) as a [leutnant](/source/Leutnant) in the reserves on 24 December 1915.[1][2][3]

He transferred to aviation duty and began pilot's training with FEA 5 on 16 October 1916. When he completed pilot's school, he exited training for Armee Flugpark 2 on 19 February 1917. In May 1917, he went to FA 23 to fly two-seaters. He soon left that detachment, to begin attending fighter pilot's school on 24 June 1917.[1] He was then posted to a fighter unit, [Jagdstaffel 2](/source/Jagdstaffel_2) on 5 July 1917.[2][3] As was customary in German military aviation of the time, Vallendor had his aircraft emblazoned in his personal insignia. In his case, the marking was a huge white "V" on the fuselage. When he used a Fokker Triplane, he also had the "V" painted on its top wing.[1][3]

Vallendor received the [Order of the Zähringer Lion](/source/Order_of_the_Z%C3%A4hringer_Lion) from his native Baden on 14 December 1917. He achieved his first aerial victory on 3 February 1918. He was awarded the Iron Cross First Class on 7 March 1918 and went on to score five more victories before war's end.[1][3]

## List of aerial victories

See also [Aerial victory standards of World War I](/source/Aerial_victory_standards_of_World_War_I)

No. Date/time Aircraft Foe Result Location Notes 1 3 February 1918 @ 1520 hours Albatros D.V Sopwith Camel Destroyed East of Moorslede, Belgium 41 Sqn. RFC, 2/Lt. G. A. Lipsett killed in action 2 27 March 1918 Fokker Triplane Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a Set afire in midair; destroyed Northwest of Albert, France Victim was Lt. W. S. Maxwell KIA from No. 56 Squadron 3 27 September 1918 before noon Fokker D.VII Sopwith Camel serial number D9472 Destroyed North of Bourlon Wood, France Victim was 2/Lt.W. A. Brett KIA from No. 73 Squadron RAF 4 27 September 1918 Fokker D.VII Sopwith Camel Destroyed Marquion, France Victim was 73 Sqn. RAF, Capt. William Henry Hubbard force landed ok. 5 9 October 1918 @ 1440 hours Fokker D.VII Airco DH.9 Destroyed Sebourg, France Victims were 107 Sqn. RAF, 2/Lt. C. Houlgrave,KIA & 2/Lt. W.M. Thompson,KIA 6 1 November 1918 Fokker D.VII Royal Aircraft Factory SE.5a s/n E5662 Destroyed Fresnes, France Victim was Capt. C. L. Veitch, force landed, from No. 32 Squadron RAF[1][3][4]

## Post World War I

After war's end, Vallendor moved to [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires), Argentina in 1920 to work for [Deutsche Bank](/source/Deutsche_Bank). He went on to [Montevideo, Uruguay](/source/Montevideo%2C_Uruguay) in 1921; there he founded a still existent family wholesale optical concern.[2] Ge died on 15 November 1974 in Montevideo.

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-lines_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-lines_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-lines_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-lines_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-lines_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-lines_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-lines_1-6) *Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918*, p. 222.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-jasta2_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-jasta2_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-jasta2_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-jasta2_2-3) *Jagdstaffel 2 Boelcke: Von Richthofen's Mentor: Volume 26 of Aviation Elite Units: Volume 26 of Osprey Aviation Elite*, p. 51.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-album_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-album_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-album_3-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-album_3-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-album_3-4) *Der Fliegeralbum* website [\[1\]](http://flieger-album.de/blog/index.php?rs_id=view&s=289) Retrieved 14 February 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *No. 56 Squadron RAF/RFC*, p. 92.

## Further reading

- *Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918*. [Norman Franks](/source/Norman_Franks), Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-948817-73-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-948817-73-9), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-948817-73-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-948817-73-1).

- *Jagdstaffel 2 Boelcke: Von Richthofen's Mentor: Volume 26 of Aviation Elite Units: Volume 26 of Osprey Aviation Elite*. Greg VanWyngarden. Osprey Publishing, 2007. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-84603-203-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84603-203-2), [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-84603-203-5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84603-203-5).

- *No. 56 Squadron RAF/RFC*. Alex Revell, 2009. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-184603-428-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-184603-428-2)

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