{{infobox military unit |unit_name= Jasta 1 |image= |caption= |dates=1916–1918 |country= [[German Empire]] |allegiance= |branch=[[Luftstreitkräfte]] |type=Fighter squadron |role= |size= |command_structure= |garrison= |garrison_label= |nickname= |patron= |motto= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= [[World War I]] *[[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] *[[Italian Campaign (World War I)|Italian Front]] |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |flying_hours= |website= <!-- Commanders --> |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders= <!-- Insignia --> |identification_symbol= |identification_symbol_label= |identification_symbol_2= |identification_symbol_2_label= |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= <!-- Aircraft --> |aircraft_attack= |aircraft_bomber= |aircraft_electronic= |aircraft_fighter= |aircraft_helicopter= |aircraft_helicopter_attack= |aircraft_helicopter_cargo= |aircraft_helicopter_multirole= |aircraft_helicopter_observation= |aircraft_helicopter_transport= |aircraft_helicopter_trainer= |aircraft_helicopter_utility= |aircraft_interceptor= |aircraft_patrol= |aircraft_recon= |aircraft_trainer= |aircraft_transport= }} [[File:Albatros_D.II.jpg | thumb | right | An Albatros D.II fighter aircraft, one of the models of planes used in the squadron.]] Royal Prussian '''Jagdstaffel 1''' (commonly abbreviated as '''Jasta 1''') was a fighter squadron of the ''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]'', the air arm of the [[Imperial German Army]] during [[World War I]]. Jasta 1 was founded on 22 August 1916, using single seat fighters drawn from [[1st Army (German Empire)|First Army]]. It was one of the first wave of dedicated fighter squadrons founded as a result of [[Oswald Boelcke]]'s espousal of massing fighter air power.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jastaboelcke.de/birth_of_jasta2.htm |title=Birth of Jasta 2 |work=jastaboelcke.de |access-date=31 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070718212015/http://www.jastaboelcke.de/birth_of_jasta2.htm |archive-date=July 18, 2007 }}</ref> Leopold Reimann scored the first of its 138 aerial victories two days later.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.crossandcockade.com/pdf/Jasta1.pdf |title=Jasta 1 |work=crossandcockade.com |access-date=31 January 2010}} {{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.flieger-album.de/geschichte/portraits/jentschkurt.php%3Fcmd_sh%3DPortrait_Jentsch_Kurt%26page%3D%26mode%3Dnew&ei=xX9mS4riC5KotgOsieWdAw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CB0Q7gEwCTgo&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522jagdstaffel%2B1%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D40 |title=Jentsch Kurt |work=flieger-album.de |access-date=31 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113011308/http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flieger-album.de%2Fgeschichte%2Fportraits%2Fjentschkurt.php%3Fcmd_sh%3DPortrait_Jentsch_Kurt&page=&mode=new&ei=xX9mS4riC5KotgOsieWdAw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CB0Q7gEwCTgo&prev=%2Fsearch%3Fq%3D%22jagdstaffel+1%22&hl=en&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N&start=40 |archive-date=13 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] until September 1917, transferred directly to the [[Italian Campaign (World War I)|Italian Front]] to serve until March 1918, then returned to France for the rest of the war.<ref name="theaerodrome1">{{cite web |url= http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta1.php |title=Jasta 1 |work=The Aerodrome.com |year=2015 |access-date=16 December 2015}}</ref>

==Aircraft== Jasta 1 was originally equipped with a melange of aircraft, including [[Fokker D.I]]s, [[Albatros D.II]] fighters, at least one [[Albatros D.I]], a [[Fokker E.IV]], a captured [[Nieuport 16]], [[Albatros D.III]]s, and [[Halberstadt D.III]]s.<ref name="theaerodrome1"/>{{sfnp|VanWyngarden|Dempsey|2006|pp=71–72}}

==Commanding officers== Its eight ''[[Staffelführer|Staffelnführer]]'' included [[Hauptmann]] [[Martin Zander]], [[Oberleutnant]] [[Erich Hahn]], Oberleutnant [[Hans Kummetz]] (on two occasions), Otto Deindl, Armbrecht (twice), Walter Korte, Bruno von Voight, and [[Rittmeister]] [[Kurt-Bertram von Döring]].<ref name="theaerodrome1"/>

==Personnel== Besides the experienced pilots transferred in from ''Abwehr Kommando Nord/Kampfeinsitzerstaffel B'', other two-seater pilots under ''1. Armee'' were also posted to the fledgling unit.{{sfnp|VanWyngarden|Dempsey|2006|p=71}}

Among the 18 aces in the World War I ranks were [[Hans von Keudell]], [[Kurt Wintgens]], [[balloon buster]] [[Hans von Freden]], [[Gustav Leffers]], [[Walter Höhndorf]], and [[Leopold Reimann]]. The squadron's casualties for the war were twelve killed in action, one killed in a flying accident, four wounded in action, and one captured.<ref name="theaerodrome1"/>

==Claims and victories== [[Kurt Wintgens]] was Jasta 1's first ace, having claimed 13 victories while flying the [[Fokker Eindecker]] before joining the unit. He claimed 6 more before being downed and killed by [[Alfred Heurtaux]] of [[Escadrille 3|Escadrille N.3]] in September 1916.

Vfw. Paul Bona claimed six victories December 1916&mdash;May 1917. He was killed in a crash in June 1917. Oberleutnant [[Hans Kummetz]] achieved 7 claims in a year of command before being killed in combat with Camels of [[No. 45 Squadron RAF]] in Italy early in 1918. The squadron claimed 138 victories, with 107 of those confirmed.<ref name="theaerodrome1"/>

==References== {{Reflist}} ;Bibliography * {{cite book |title=Early German Aces of World War I |first1=Greg |last1=VanWyngarden |first2=Harry |last2=Dempsey |publisher=[[Osprey Publishing]] |location=Oxford, UK |year=2006 |isbn=978-1-84176-997-4 |name-list-style=amp}}

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