Leopold Reimann

{{Short description|German flying ace}} {{Infobox military person | name = Leopold Rudolf Reimann | image = Leopold Reimann World War One German Aviator.jpg | caption = | birth_date = 7 December 1892 | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1917|1|24|1892|12|7}} | burial_label = | burial_place = | birth_place = [[Oberhohnsdorf]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]], [[Germany]] | death_place = [[Valenciennes]], [[France]] | burial_coordinates =  | nickname = | allegiance = [[German Empire]] | branch = Flying service | service_years = 1914-1917 | rank = ''[[Offizierstellvertreter]]'' | unit = ''Kampfeinsitzerkommando B'' (Combat Single-Seater Command B);<br> ''[[Jagdstaffel 1]]'' (Fighter Squadron 1);<br>''[[Jagdstaffel 2]]'' (Fighter Squadron 2), | commands = | battles = | awards = [[Iron Cross]] First and Second Class | relations = | other_work = }}

''Offizierstellvertreter'' '''Leopold Rudolf Reimann''' was a [[World War I]] [[flying ace]] credited with five aerial victories.<ref>The Aerodrome website [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/reimann.php] Retrieved 23 September 2020</ref>

==Biography== See also [[Aerial victory standards of World War I]]

[[File:Sopwith 1B2 Strutter Front.jpg|thumb|left|A Sopwith Strutter was Reimann's first victim.]]

'''Leopold Rudolf Reimann''' was born at [[Oberhohnsdorf]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]], [[Germany]] on 7 December 1892.<ref name=lines>''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918'', p. 185</ref>

Reimann joined a pioneer battalion at the start of World War I, winning an [[Iron Cross]] Second Class on 30 August 1914. In Spring 1915, he was wounded in action. In June, he was awarded the Silver [[Military Order of St. Henry]]. He then transferred to aviation duty. While his training is unknown, he was posted to fly one of the world's original fighter planes, the [[Fokker Eindekker]], as a member of a pioneering fighter organization, ''Kampfeinsitzerkommando B'' (Combat Single-Seater Command B). On 30 June 1916, he was shot down, but survived uninjured. As ''Kampfeinsitzerkommando B'' was augmented to become ''[[Jagdstaffel 1]]'' (Fighter Squadron 1), Reimann continued to fly for them. He shot down a [[Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter]] on 24 August for his first aerial victory. On 1 September, he transferred to the equally new ''[[Jagdstaffel 2]]''; on the 10th, he received the First Class Iron Cross. During September and October 1916, he would claim six more aerial victories, four of which were verified. He was wounded during his last successful [[dogfight]] on 22 October.<ref name=lines/>

[[File:Albatros D.III German fighter c1917.jpg|thumb|Reimann's assigned aircraft was an Albatros D.III fighter.]]

On 31 December 1916, Reimann married. Shortly thereafter, he began fighter training at [[Valenciennes]], France. On 24 January 1917, while in flight, his [[Albatros D.III]] shed its wings and Reimann fell to his death.<ref name=lines/>

==Sources of information== {{Reflist}}

==References==

* ''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918''. [[Norman Franks]], Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. {{ISBN|0-948817-73-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-948817-73-1}}.

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