# Jagdstaffel 22

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Jasta 22 Active 1916–1919 Country German Empire Branch Luftstreitkräfte Type Fighter squadron Engagements World War I

Military unit

**Royal Saxon Jagdstaffel 22** was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the *[Luftstreitkräfte](/source/Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte)*, the air arm of the [Imperial German Army](/source/Imperial_German_Army) during [World War I](/source/World_War_I). As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score 57 verified aerial victories. Their eleven wins over enemy observation balloons made them a [balloon buster](/source/Balloon_buster) squadron.[1]

In turn, their casualties for the war would amount to five pilots [killed in action](/source/Killed_in_action), four killed in midair crashes, one killed in another flying accident, two [wounded in action](/source/Wounded_in_action), and two taken [prisoner of war](/source/Prisoner_of_war).[1]

Jasta 22 was initially equipped with Halberstadt DII fighters.

## History

Royal Saxon Jagdstaffel 22 was authorized on 25 October 1916; it formed on 16 November 1916. Its genesis was in the *[7 Armee](/source/7th_Army_(German_Empire))* area, and its original personnel came from two field flier detachments, FF(A) 11 and FF(A) 29, and an artillery cooperation unit, FA(A) 222. It mobilized on 1 December 1916. First victory for the new unit is debatable; Leutnant Gustav Rose posted a claim for 27 December 1916, but [Josef Jacobs](/source/Josef_Jacobs) was credited with downing a [Caudron](/source/Caudron) on 23 January 1917. Jasta 22 would serve through war's end and beyond; the squadron would not disband until 1919, in [Marburg](/source/Marburg).[2]

## Commanding officers (*[Staffelführer](/source/Staffelf%C3%BChrer)*)

1. [Oberleutnant](/source/Oberleutnant) Erich Hönemanns: transferred in from [Jasta 12](/source/Jasta_12) on 26 November 1916 – transferred out 29 June 1917

1. Leutnant Alfred Lenz: transferred in from [Jasta 4](/source/Jasta_4) on 1 July 1917 – served until war's end on 11 November 1918[3]

## Aerodromes

Josef Jacobs, triumphant in 48 aerial victories, was a member of Jasta 22.

1. [Vaux](/source/Vaux_(band)), [Laon](/source/Laon): 16 November 1916 – 26 November 1916

1. [Riencourt](/source/Riencourt), Arras: 26 November 1916 – 15 May 1917

1. [Mont](/source/Mont_Verdun), Verdun: 15 May 1917 – June 1917

1. [Vivaise](/source/Vivaise), France: June 1917 – September 1917

1. Mont, Verdun, France: September 1917 – November 1917

1. Near [Soissons](/source/Soissons), France: November 1917 – 19 March 1918

1. [La Ferté](/source/La_Fert%C3%A9-Gaucher) Ferme, France: 19 March 1918 – 23 March 1918

1. [Mont-d'Origny](/source/Mont-d'Origny), France: 23 March 1918 – 29 March 1918

1. [Villeselve](/source/Villeselve), France: 29 March 1918 – 8 April 1918

1. [Ercheu](/source/Ercheu), France: 8 April 1918 – 12 May 1918

1. Mont-Saint-Martin: 12 May 1918 – 8 July 1918

1. [Bignicourt](/source/Bignicourt), France: 11 July 1918 – 8 August 1918

1. [Haubourdin](/source/Haubourdin), France: 8 August 1918 – 19 August 1918

1. [Guise](/source/Guise), France: 20 August 1918 – 11 November 1918[3]

## Notable members

- [Karl Bohnenkamp](/source/Karl_Bohnenkamp): [Military Merit Cross](/source/Military_Merit_Cross_(Prussia)) winner who scored 15 victories for the Jasta[4]

- [Josef Jacobs](/source/Josef_Jacobs): [Pour le Merite](/source/Pour_le_Merite), [Iron Cross](/source/Iron_Cross) awardee who went on to become Germany's fourth scoring ace of the war[5]

- [Dieter Collin](/source/Dieter_Collin): Iron Cross winner who went on to command [Jasta 56](/source/Jasta_56)[6]

- [Erich Thomas](/source/Erich_Thomas): Iron Cross winner whose specialty was balloon busting.[7]

## Aircraft

Original equipment at mobilization was nine [Halberstadt D.II](/source/Halberstadt_D.II) and two [Albatros D.II](/source/Albatros_D.II) fighters. The Jasta operated Albatros fighters until it gained [Fokker D.VIIs](/source/Fokker_D.VII) in 1918.[2] It had at least one [Siemens-Schuckert D.IV](/source/Siemens-Schuckert_D.IV) during the closing days of the war, as *Staffelführer* Lenz used one to become an ace on 29 September 1918, and was delighted with the aircraft.[8]

## Operations

At least one Siemens-Schuckert D.IV was in Jasta 22's inventory at war's end.

Jasta 22 was originally formed in the *7 Armee* area. It is known to have supported that army until well into 1917. Jasta 22 fought until war's end, and disbanded in 1919.[2]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199339_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199339_1-1) [Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993)](#CITEREFFranksBaileyGuest1993), p. 39.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199338–39_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199338–39_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199338–39_2-2) [Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993)](#CITEREFFranksBaileyGuest1993), pp. 38–39.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-theaerodrome_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-theaerodrome_3-1) ["Jasta 22"](http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta22.php). *The Aerodrome*. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Karl Bohnenkamp"](http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/bohnenkamp.php). *The Aerodrome*. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Josef Carl Peter Jacobs"](http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/jacobs.php). *The Aerodrome*. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Dieter Collin"](http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/collin.php). *The Aerodrome*. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Erik Thomas"](http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/thomas1.php). *The Aerodrome*. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Alfred Lenz"](http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/lenz.php). *The Aerodrome*. 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

**Bibliography**

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

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