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Dieter Collin, the Glossary

Leutnant Dieter Collin (17 February 1893—13 August 1918) IC was a World War I German flying ace credited with 13 aerial victories.^[1]

11 relations: Flying ace, German Empire, Iron Cross, Jagdstaffel 2, Jagdstaffel 22, Jagdstaffel 56, Leutnant, Lubin, Luftstreitkräfte, No. 204 Squadron RAF, Province of Silesia.
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Flying ace

A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down five or more enemy aircraft during aerial combat.

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The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Iron Cross

The Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz,, abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).

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Jagdstaffel 2

Jasta 2 (Jagdstaffel Zwei in full and also known as Jasta Boelcke) was one of the best-known German Luftstreitkräfte Squadrons in World War I. Its first commanding officer was the great aerial tactician Oswald Boelcke, and it was the incubator of several notable aviation careers.

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Jagdstaffel 22

Royal Saxon Jagdstaffel 22 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 57 verified aerial victories.

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Jagdstaffel 56

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 56, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 56, 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 63 aerial victories during the war.

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Leutnant

Leutnant is the lowest Junior officer rank in the armed forces of Germany (Bundeswehr), the Austrian Armed Forces, and the military of Switzerland.

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Lubin

Lubin (Lüben, Lubin) is a city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland.

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Luftstreitkräfte

The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German Air Combat Forces)known before October 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (The Imperial German Air Service, lit. "The flying troops of the German Kaiser’s Reich")was the air arm of the Imperial German Army.

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