Otto Kissenberth was a German flying ace of World War I credited with 20 aerial victories.
10 Facts About Otto Kissenberth
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Otto Kissenberth was a prewar mechanical engineer who joined the German air service in 1914.
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Otto Kissenberth scored six victories with this unit as it morphed into a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 16.
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Otto Kissenberth's success brought him command of Jagdstaffel 23 on 4 August 1917.
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Otto Kissenberth would run his victory tally to 20, downing his final victim using a captured British Sopwith Camel on 20 May 1918.
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Otto Kissenberth's injuries were severe enough he was not returned to combat, instead being assigned to command Schleissheim's flying school.
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Otto Kissenberth blunted the assault, downing two of the invaders on his first sortie, and another on his next one.
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Otto Kissenberth was transferred to command of Royal Bavarian Jasta 23 on 4 August 1917.
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Otto Kissenberth scored over a dozen victories with this aircraft, although his twentieth and final victory on 20 May 1918 came while flying a captured Sopwith Camel.
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On 2 August 1919, Otto Kissenberth was killed in a mountaineering accident in the Bavarian Alps.