1. Leutnant Otto Parschau was a German World War I flying ace and recipient of the Pour le Merite, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, and Iron Cross, First Class.
11 Facts About Otto Parschau
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Otto Parschau was noted as one of the pre-eminent aces on the Fokker Eindecker.
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Otto Parschau was one of the world's first flying aces.
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Otto Parschau was born in Klausen, in the Allenstein district of East Prussia.
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Otto Parschau became a commissioned officer a year after having joined the Infanterie-Regiment Nr.
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Otto Parschau was trained as a pilot in Johannisthal, Darmstadt, and in Hanover and received his licence on 4 July 1913.
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Otto Parschau had served with the same, Brieftauben-Abteilung Ostende unit, abbreviated as BAO in German military communications of the time, in Belgium as Oberleutnant von Buttlar did in November 1914, where the two German officers could have first made contact.
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Otto Parschau was awarded the Pour le Merite the following day.
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On 21 July 1916 Otto Parschau was mortally wounded during combat with Royal Flying Corps aircraft over Grevillers.
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Otto Parschau retained enough control to land his plane behind German lines.
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Otto Parschau was rushed to a field hospital but died on the operating table.