# Jagdstaffel 3 > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jagdstaffel_3 > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jagdstaffel_3.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdstaffel_3 > Source revision: 1333651264 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Jasta 3 Active 1916–1918 Country German Empire Branch Luftstreitkräfte Type Fighter squadron Engagements World War I Military unit Royal Prussian **Jagdstaffel 3** was a 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). It was founded on 10 August 1916 at *Flieger Ersatz Abteilung* 5 in [Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig), Germany, as one of the first wave of squadrons that formed the *Luftstreitkräfte*. It served until the Armistice on 11 November 1918. It was credited with a minimum of 83 victories, at the cost of 16 pilots killed in action, 4 killed in accidents, 1 taken [prisoner of war](/source/Prisoner_of_war), and two wounded.[1] ## History Jasta 3 was originally assigned Halberstadt DIIs. Only three weeks after its founding, Jasta 3 moved to support [2 Armee](/source/2nd_Army_(German_Empire)) when it transferred to [Vraignes](/source/Vraignes-en-Vermandois), near [Peronne](/source/P%C3%A9ronne%2C_Somme). When it transferred to [Guesnain](/source/Guesnain) near [Douai](/source/Douai), it changed to control of the [6th Armee Front](/source/6th_Army_(German_Empire)). Its move to [Rumbeke](/source/Rumbeke) heralded its incorporation into [Jagdgruppe 15](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jagdgruppe_15&action=edit&redlink=1) along with [Jasta 8](/source/Jasta_8), [Jasta 26](/source/Jasta_26), and [Jasta 27](/source/Jasta_27). JG 15 was assigned to command of Hauptmann Constantin von Bentheim, and flew support for [4 Armee](/source/4th_Army_(German_Empire)). After that, on 5 February 1918, Jasta 3 was reassigned to [Jagdgruppe 9](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jagdgruppe_9&action=edit&redlink=1) along with [Jasta 28](/source/Jasta_28) and [Jasta 37](/source/Jasta_37) (which lineup would change from time to time). Khoze would command both the squadron and the wing. By July 1918, Jasta 3 would be working out of [Blaise](/source/Blaise-sous-Arzilli%C3%A8res) for [3rd Armee Front](/source/3rd_Army_(German_Empire)). Its final assignment was support of the [19 Armee](/source/19th_Army_(German_Empire)).[1] ## Commanding officers (*[Staffelführer](/source/Staffelf%C3%BChrer)*) - Leutnant Ewald von Mellinthin: 10 August 1916 – 12 September 1916 [(KIA)](/source/Killed_in_action) - Leutnant Alfred Mohr: 12 September 1916 – 1 April 1917 [(KIA)](/source/Killed_in_action) - [Oberleutnant](/source/Oberleutnant) Herman Kohze: 1 April 1917 – 4 September 1918 - Leutnant Georg Weiner: 5 September 1918 – 11 November 1918[1] ## Duty stations (airfields) - [Braunschweig](/source/Braunschweig), Germany: 10 August 1916 – 1 September 1916 - Vraignes, France: 1 September 1916 – 4 November 1916 - [Fontaine-Uterte](/source/Fontaine-Uterte), France: 5 November 1916 – 20 March 1917 - [Guesnain](/source/Guesnain), France: 21 March 1917 – 11 July 1917 - [Houplin](/source/Houplin-Ancoisne), France: 12 July 1917 – 19 July 1917 - [Rumbeke](/source/Rumbeke), Belgium: 20 July 1917 – 16 September 1917 - [Guise](/source/Guise), France: 17 September 1917 – 19 September 1917 - Rumbeke, Belgium: 20 September 1917 – 16 October 1917 - [Wynghene](/source/Wingene), Belgium: 17 October 1917 – 12 March 1918 - [Briastre](/source/Briastre), France: 13 March 1918 – 23 March 1918 - [Mons-en-Chaussée](/source/Estr%C3%A9es-Mons), France: 24 March 1918 – 10 April 1918 - [Ingelmünster](/source/Ingelmunster), Belgium: 11 April 1918 – 3 May 1918 - Rumbeke, Belgium: 4 May 1918 – 5 June 1918 - [Falvy](/source/Falvy), France: 6 June 1918 – 8 July 1918 - Blaise, France: 9 July 1918 – 7 September 1918 - [Gross-Tanchen](/source/Grostenquin), [Mörchingen](/source/M%C3%B6rchingen), Germany: 8 September 1918 – 11 November 1918[2] ## Personnel Among the aces who served in the squadron, the following are notable: - [Carl Menckhoff](/source/Carl_Menckhoff) - [Julius Schmidt](/source/Julius_Schmidt_(aviator)) - [Georg Schlenker](/source/Georg_Schlenker) - [Kurt Wissemann](/source/Kurt_Wissemann)[2] - [Georg Weiner](/source/Georg_Weiner)[3] ## Aircraft and operations [Halberstadt D.IIIs](/source/Halberstadt_D.III) were noted as being the aircraft on hand when the unit was founded.[1] It has also been noted as using [Albatros D.IIIs](/source/Albatros_D.III) and [Albatros D.Vs](/source/Albatros_D.V).[2] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199330_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199330_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199330_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest199330_1-3) [Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993)](#CITEREFFranksBaileyGuest1993), p. 30. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-theaerodrome_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-theaerodrome_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-theaerodrome_2-2) ["Jasta 3"](http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta3.php). *The Aerodrome*. 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFranksBaileyGuest1993227_3-0)** [Franks, Bailey & Guest (1993)](#CITEREFFranksBaileyGuest1993), p. 227. **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. 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