Jagdstaffel 77

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[[File:D7f.jpg | thumb | right]] '''Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 77''', commonly abbreviated to '''Jasta 77''', 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 28 aerial victories during the war, including [[balloon buster|three observation balloons downed]]. The unit's victories came at the expense of four killed in action, one killed in a flying accident, one wounded in action, three injured in aviation accidents, and one taken prisoner of war.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=54}}

==History== Jasta 77 was founded on 25 November 1917 at ''Fliegerersatz-Abteilung'' ("Replacement Detachment") 1, [[Schleissheim]]. On 2 December 1917, the new squadron was assigned to ''[[Armee-Abteilung B]]''. Jasta 77 scored its first victories on 5 January 1918. On 27 March 1918, it was transferred to ''[[2nd Army (German Empire)|2 Armee]]''. On 9 July 1918, it shifted postings again, to ''[[3rd Army (German Empire)|3 Armee]]''. Jasta 77 moved once more, to ''[[19th Army (German Empire)|19 Armee]]'', on 9 August 1918. It remained there until war's end.{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=54}}

==Commanding officers (''[[Staffelführer]]'')== * Otto Deindl: 25 November 1917 – 21 January 1918 * Walter Ewers: 21 January 1918 – 15 May 1918 * Amandus Rostock: 15 May 1918 – 24 May 1918 * [[Rudolf Stark]]: 24 May 1918 – 7 June 1918 * Otto Fuchs: 7 June 1918 – 10 July 1918 * Max Gossner: 10 July 1918{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=54}}

==Duty stations== * [[Habsheim]], France: 2 December 1917 * [[Le Cateau-Cambrésis]], France: 27 March 1918 * Vraignes, France: 2 April 1918 * Foucaucourt, France: 24 April 1918 * [[Sainte-Marie, Ardennes|Saint-Marie]], France: 9 July 1918 * Renchen: 9 August 1918{{sfnp|Franks|Bailey|Guest|1993|p=54}}

==References== {{reflist}} ;Bibliography * {{cite book |first1=Norman |last1=Franks |authorlink1=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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