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Iron Cross, Pour le Mérite. Leutnant Kurt Wintgens (1 August 1894 – 25 September 1916) was a German World War I fighter ace. He was the first to score an aerial victory with a synchronized machine gun. Wintgens was the recipient of the Iron Cross and the Pour le Mérite (Blue Max).
Jul 1, 2023 · Wintgens was officially credited with 19 aerial victories, with three more unconfirmed. After his eighth victory he was awarded “the Blue Max,” ( Pour le Mérite ). Kurt Wintgens was shot down near Viller-Carbonnel, Somme, France, 25 September 1916.
Leutnant Kurt Wintgens (1 August 1894 – 25 September 1916) was a German World War I fighter ace. He was the first military fighter pilot to score a victory over an opposing aircraft, while piloting an aircraft armed with a synchronized machine gun. Wintgens was the recipient of the Iron Cross...
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Neustadt. Died: 25 September 1916. Place of Death: Villers-Carbonnel. Wintgens was killed in action when his Fokker E.III went down in flames near Villers-Carbonnel. It's believed that he was shot down by French ace Alfred Heurtaux of Spa3. Airmen Drop Flowers During Funeral. The Lowell Sun - Friday, November 17, 1916.
Oct 26, 2020 · After downing at least nineteen aircraft in air combat (with probables and force-downs, as high as twenty-two), Leutnant Kurt Wintgens was killed in action near Villers-Carbonnel… probably by French ace Alfred Heurteaux, who scored his eighth aerial victory.
Lt. Kurt Wintgens was the first military fighter pilot to score an Eindecker victory over an opposing aircraft, while piloting a prototype Eindecker E.I armed with a synchronized machine gun. On 1 July 1915, he engaged a Morane-Saulnier Type L “Parasol” two-seater.
For an inexperienced pilot, the extreme sensitivity of the elevators made level flight difficult; German ace Leutnant Kurt Wintgens, who along with Leutnant Parschau was the primary Fliegertruppe pilot responsible for bringing the first armed Fokker monoplanes into active service during the spring and summer of 1915, once stated "lightning is a ...
