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'''Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 33''' was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]'', the air arm of the [[Imperial German Army]] during [[World War I]]. As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score a minimum of 46 verified aerial victories (the squadron's records being grossly incomplete from August 1918 onwards).{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=43}}

In turn, their casualties for the war would amount to six pilots [[killed in action]], seven [[wounded in action]], and one killed in a noncombat crash.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=43}}

==History== Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 33 was formed on 14 December 1916 at the FEA 3 training facility at [[Gotha (town)|Gotha]], Germany. It did not get into action until March 1917, but its first aerial victory followed shortly thereafter, on 24 April 1917. As part of the changing German tactics based on concentration of air power, the squadron was incorporated into [[Jagdgruppe II]] along with [[Jasta 7]], [[Jagdstaffel 29|Jasta 29]], and [[Jasta 35]] in August 1917; the new fighter wing was commanded by [[Otto Schmidt (aviator)|Otto Schmidt]]. Not quite a year later, in August 1918, Jasta 33 shifted to membership in [[Jagdgruppe 7]], joining [[Jasta 28]], [[Jasta 57]] and [[Jasta 58]] under the command of [[Emil Thuy]]. Jasta 33 then served past war's end, disbanding in December 1918.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|pp=42–43}}

==Commanding officers (''[[Staffelführer]]'')== # Heinrich Lorenz: 4 March 1917 – 15 June 1917{{WIA}} # Johann Hesselink: 18 June 1917 – 14 July 1917; # Heinrich Lorenz: 14 July 1917 – 24 June 1918; # [[Carl-August von Schoenebeck]]: 11 July 1918 – 11 November 1918.<ref name=aero>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/services/germany/jasta/jasta33.php|title=Jasta 33|work=The Aerodrome|access-date=21 July 2010}}</ref>

==Aerodromes== Jasta 33 was based at the following aerodromes:<ref name=aero/>

# [[Gotha]], Germany # Bühl, [[Saarburg]]<ref name=aero/> # [[Villers-au-Tertre]], France: 22 April 1917 – unknown date{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=42}} # [[Guise]], France # [[Bavinchove]], France # [[Wynghene]] # [[Sierenz-Muhlhausen]], Germany # [[Burscheid]], Germany<ref name=aero/> # Bühl: February 1918 – unknown date {{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=43}} # [[Roucourt, Nord|Roucourt]] # [[Ascq]], France<ref name=aero/> # [[Lille|Lomme-Lille]], France: April 1918 – unknown date{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=43}} # [[Halluin]], France # [[Ennemain]], France<ref name=aero/> # [[Neuflize]], France: Early July 1918 – August 1918 # [[Cantin]], France: August 1918 – unknown date{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=43}} # [[Beuvry]], France # [[Chièvres]], Belgium<ref name=aero/> # [[Champles]], Belgium: 4 November 1918 – unknown date{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=43}}

==Notable members== [[Carl-August von Schoenebeck]], winner of the [[Royal House Order of Hohenzollern]] and [[Iron Cross]], was the most prominent of the aces who served with Jasta 33, as he rose to the rank of [[Major General]] during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/schoenebeck.php|title=Carl-August von Schoenbeck|work=The Aerodrome|access-date=22 July 2010}}</ref> [[Emil Schäpe]], another Iron Cross winner, also served with the unit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/schape.php|title=Emile Schape|work=The Aerodrome|access-date=22 July 2010}}</ref> [[Robert Heibert]] was awarded the enlisted man's equivalent of the ''[[Pour le Merite]]'', the [[Military Merit Cross (Prussia)|Military Merit Cross]], as well as the Iron Cross.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/heibert.php|title=Robert Heibert|work=The Aerodrome|access-date=22 July 2010}}</ref>

Other aces serving with the squadron were Heinrich Lorenz and Kurt Jacob.<ref name=aero/>

==Aircraft== Jasta 33 operated the following aircraft:<ref name=aero/> * The [[Fokker Dr.I]] triplane entered service in August 1917.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/germany/fokker_dri.php|title=Fokker DR.I|work=The Aerodrome |access-date=22 July 2010}}</ref> * The [[Fokker D.VII]] was introduced to combat duty beginning in March or April 1918.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theaerodrome.com/aircraft/germany/fokker_dvii.php|title=Fokker D.VII|work=The Aerodrome |access-date=22 July 2010}}</ref>

==Operations== The Jasta was tasked to the [[Armee-Abteilung A|''Armee-Abteilung'' A]] Front in March 1917. It moved to support of [[4th Army (German Empire)|4th Armee]] on 22 April 1917. After its incorporation into [[Jagdgruppe II|JG II]], it bounced around using several different airfields during the latter part of 1917 and the beginning of 1918. By August 1918, after their shift into [[Jagdgruppe 7|JG 7]], they supported [[17th Army (German Empire)|17th Armee]]. They seem to have continued in this role through war's end.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|pp=42–43}}

==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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