Jagdstaffel 20

{{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Jasta 20 |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]] |anniversaries= |decorations= |battle_honours= |battle_honours_label= |disbanded= |flying_hours= |website=  |commander1= |commander1_label= |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |commander4= |commander4_label= |notable_commanders=  |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_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= }} Royal Prussian '''Jagdstaffel 20''' was a fighter squadron of the ''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]'', the air arm of the [[Imperial German Army]] during [[World War I]].

==History== Jasta 20 was founded in the [[2nd Army (German Empire)|2 Armee]] sector on 25 October 1916.<ref name=Franks1993>{{cite book |title=Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/abovelines00fran |url-access=limited |page= [https://archive.org/details/abovelines00fran/page/n20 38]|last1=Franks|first1=Norman L. R. |last2=Bailey|first2=Frank W. |last3=Guest |first3=Russell |year=1993|publisher=Grub Street|isbn=978-0-948817-73-1}}</ref> On 24 December 1916, it suffered its first casualty.<ref name="TheAeroDrome">{{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta20.php |title=Jasta 20 |work=The Aerodrome |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213133309/http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta20.php |archive-date= 13 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In turn, on 11 March 1917, the unit scored its first victory, courtesy of Leutnant Alfred Niederhoff. The jasta would go on to run its score to 64 confirmed victories. It would also pay a heavy price: 19 pilots killed in action, four more dying in flying accidents, eleven wounded in action, and three injured in accidents.<ref name=Franks1993 />

==Commanding officers== #[[Oberleutnant]] Fritz Heising: 25 October 1916–19 October 1917 #[[Leutnant]] [[Rudolf Wendelmuth]]: 19 October 1917–30 November 1917{{KIA2}} #Leutnant [[Joachim von Busse]]: 30 November 1917–1 August 1918{{WIA}} #Leutnant von Eckartsburg (Acting): 1 August 1918–Unknown #Leutnant Waldemar von Dazur: Unknown #Leutnant Joachim von Busse: Unknown–ca 11 November 1918.<ref name=Franks1993 /><ref name="TheAeroDrome" />

==Duty stations (airfields)== #AFP 2 #[[Essigny-le-Petit]], France #[[Fayet, Aisne|Aisne]], France #[[Artemps]], France #[[Guise]], France #[[Montkerke]] #[[Varsenare]], Belgium #[[Guesnain]], France #[[Rumbeke]], Belgium #[[Menen]], Belgium<ref name="TheAeroDrome" />

==Notable personnel== In its short existence, the Jasta had a couple of notable aces serve in it besides Wendelmuth, such as [[Karl Plauth]] and [[Friedrich Mallincrodt]]. Other aces also served with it, including [[Raven Freiherr von Barnekow]], Johannes Gildemeister, Alfred Niederhoff, Otto Creutzmann, Wilhelm Schwartz, Hermann Stutz, Hans Viebig, and Georg Weiner.<ref name="TheAeroDrome" />

==Aircraft and operations== Aircraft operated are unknown at this time.

Although the Jasta was founded in 2 Armee territory, they were moved on 1 January 1917 to support of [[6th Army (German Empire)|6 Armee]]. On 27 May 1917, they switched to supporting [[4th Army (German Empire)|4 Armee]]. On 8 December, the squadron was reassigned to support [[17th Army (German Empire)|17 Armee]]. They remained in this duty until 8 April 1918, when they were transferred back to 4 Armee.<ref name=Franks1993 />

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