Jagdstaffel 51

{{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Jasta 51 |image= |caption= |dates=1917–1918 |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= }} [[File:D7f.jpg | thumb | right | Jagdstaffel 51 (1918)]] '''Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 51''', commonly abbreviated to '''Jasta 51''', was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the ''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]'', the air arm of the [[Imperial German Army]] during [[World War I]]. The squadron would score over 24 aerial victories during the war. The unit's victories came at the expense of 10 killed in action, two killed in a mid-air collision, two wounded in action, one injured in an aviation accident, and two taken prisoner of war.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|pp=47–48}} A member of this unit was [[Friedrich Karl Florian]] Nazi [[Gauleiter]] of [[Düsseldorf, Germany]].

==History== Jasta 51 was founded on 27 December 1917. It went operational on 9 January 1918. Also in January, it joined ''[[Jagdgruppe 3]]''. Its first aerial victory came 14 March 1918. The squadron would operate its [[Fokker D.VII]]s through war's end.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=47}}

==Commanding officers (''[[Staffelführer]]'')== * [[Hans-Eberhardt Gandert]]: 27 December 1917 – 29 September 1918 * [[Karl Plauth]]: 10 October 1918 – ca 11 November 1918{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=47}}

==Duty stations== * Wynghene: 10 January 1918 * [[Jabbeke]], Belgium: 1 February 1918{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=47}}

==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}}

[[Category:Jagdstaffeln|51]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1917]] [[Category:1917 establishments in Germany]] [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1918]]