{{Infobox military unit |unit_name=Jasta 16 |image=[[File:Pfalz DIIIa Max Holzem Drawing.jpg|300px|Pfalz D.IIIa, Vizefeldwebel Max Holtzem, Jasta 16]] |caption=The Pfalz D.IIIa of ''Vizefeldwebel'' Max Holtzem of Jasta 16 |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]] |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_interceptor= |aircraft_patrol= |aircraft_recon= |aircraft_trainer= |aircraft_transport= }} '''Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 16''' was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]'', the air arm of the [[Imperial German Army]] during [[World War I]].

==History== Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 16 was founded from two ''ad hoc'' predecessor units &mdash; a Bavarian reconnaissance unit, ''Flieger Abteilung 9'', and ''Kampfeinsitzer-Kommando Ensisheim''. These two units were amalgamated on 16 October 1916, while posted in [[Armee-Abteilung B]] Sector. ''Oberleutnant'' [[Otto Deßloch]] commanded this nascent squadron the few days it took to be designated Jagdstaffel 16, on 1 November. By the time it disbanded just two years later, it had established its credentials as a [[balloon buster]] squadron, with an even two dozen enemy observation balloons destroyed, as well as 58 victories over enemy aircraft.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=36}}

==Commanding officers (''[[Staffelführer]]'')== # Paul Kremer: 1 November 1916 – 8 July 1917 # [[Heinrich Geigl]]: 18 July 1917 – 20 August 1917 # Robert Dycke: 20 August 1917 – 1 December 1917 # Heinrich Geigl: 1 December 1917 – 4 April 1918 # [[Friedrich Ritter von Röth]]: 8 April 1918 – 9 September 1918 # Rudolf Eck: 9 September 1918 – October 1918 # Friedrich Ritter von Röth: October 1918 – 11 November 1918<ref name="theaerodrome">{{cite web |url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta16.php |title=Jasta 16 |work=The Aerodrome |year=2015 |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref> # Albert Wilhelm Ferdinand Gröner, 1 November 1916 – 20 July 1917<ref>{{cite web |title=Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918 |url=http://search.ancestry.com/iexec?htx=view&r=an&dbid=1631&iid=31421_BH18004-00038&fn=Ferdinand+Wilhelm+Albert&ln=Gr%C3%B6ner&st=r&ssrc=&pid=4091003 |work=ancestry.com |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Duty stations (airfields)== # [[Ensisheim]]: 16 October 1916 – 13 April 1917 # [[Habsheim]]: 13 April 1917 – 6 May 1917 # [[Château-Porcien]]: 7 May 1917 – 4 June 1917 # [[Spincourt]]: 6 June 1917 – 20 October 1917 # [[Erlon]]: 21 October 1917 – 23 November 1917 # Mercy-le-Haute: 24 November 1917 – 4 February 1918 # Aertrycke: 7 February 1918 – 14 March 1918 # [[Le Cateau-Cambrésis|Le Cateau]]: 15 March 1918 – 20 March 1918 # Foucaucourt: 21 March 1918 – 6 April 1918 # St. Marguerite: 13 April 1918 – October 1918 # [[Scheldewindeke]]: October 1918 – 11 November 1918<ref name="theaerodrome"/>

==Notable personnel== * [[Ludwig Hanstein]] * [[Karl Odebrett]] * [[Otto Kissenberth]] * [[Theodor Rumpel (aviator)|Theodor Rumpel]]<ref name="theaerodrome"/>

==Aircraft operated== * [[Fokker E.III]] * [[Fokker E.IV]] * [[Fokker D.I]] * [[Fokker D.II]] * [[Pfalz D.II]] * [[Albatros D.III]] * [[Albatros D.V]] * [[Fokker Dr.I]] * [[Fokker D.VII]]{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=36}}

==References== {{reflist}} ;Bibliography * {{cite book |first1=Norman |last1=Franks |author-link1=Norman Franks |first2=Frank W. |last2=Bailey |first3=Russell F. |last3=Guest |title=Above The Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service, and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918 |location=London, UK |publisher=Grub Street |year=1993 |isbn=978-0-948817-73-1 |name-list-style=amp}}

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