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Otto
Kissenberth
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| Country: |
Germany |
| Born: |
26 February 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Landshut, Bavaria |
| Deceased: |
02 August 1919 |
| Rank: |
Oberleutnant |
| Units: |
FA 8b, 9b
Jasta 16, 23
Kek E |
| Victories: |
20 |
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| A mechanical engineer with an
interest in aircraft design, Kissenberth joined
the German Air Force in 1914. Toward the end
of the year, he completed his training as a reconnaissance
pilot and was posted to FA 8b. On 21 March 1915,
he was wounded in action over the Vosges Mountains.
When he recovered, he joined FA 9b on 8 July
1915, serving in Italy and on the Vosges front.
In 1916, as a fighting pilot with Kek Einsisheim,
Kissenberth was credited with his first three
victories on 12 October. Not until the summer
of the following year would he score again. This
time, as a member of Jasta 16, he downed two
SPADs and flamed a balloon. On 4 August 1917,
Kissenberth assumed command of Jasta 23. One
of only three German aces to wear glasses during
the war, he most often flew an Albatros D.V with
yellow and white Edelweiss painted on its fuselage.
After scoring more than a dozen victories with
this aircraft, he scored his final victory flying
a captured Sopwith Camel. Less than two weeks
later, on 29 May 1918, he was seriously injured
when he crashed the British fighter. Returning
to duty later that year, he served as commanding
officer of the Schliessheim flying school until
the end of the war. In 1919, Kissenberth was
killed in a climbing accident while mountaineering
in the Bavarian Alps. |
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