Reinhard Treptow

Reinhard Treptow
Born	28 November 1892 Leikow (present day Poland)
Died	Unknown
Allegiance	Germany
Service / branch	Luftstreitkräfte
Rank	Offizierstellvertreter (Officer candidate)
Unit	Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) (Flier Detachment (Artillery)) 207, Kampfeinsitzerstaffel (Combat Single-seater Squadron) 4, Jagdstaffel (Fighter Squadron) 25
Awards	Iron Cross, Bulgarian Order of Bravery (all four classes), Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Cross

Offizierstellvertreter Reinhard Treptow (born 28 November 1892, date of death unknown) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.[1]

Biography

Reinhard Treptow was born in Leikow on 28 November 1892. He joined the German Army's 2nd Field Artillery Regiment on 13 October 1913, before World War I began.[2]

He reported for aviation training in 1915, and was posted to Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 5 in Hannover, Germany. Training completed, he passed on to Flieger-Abteilung (Artillerie) Flier Detachment (Artillery) 207 on 25 October 1915. He flew artillery direction and reconnaissance missions there until March 1917. He was then transferred to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 25, which was stationed in Macedonia.[2]

References

1. The Aerodrome website [1] Retrieved on 16 September 2020
2. Franks et al 1993, p. 218.

Written sources

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