page_title: Luftstreitkräfte
section_title: Statistics
hierarchical_section_title: Luftstreitkräfte / Statistics
caption_attribution_description: Photographer: Thomas Frederick Scales Captured World War I German planes paraded in London, November 1918 Dry plate glass negative Reference No. 1/2-014083-G Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand Find out more about this image from the Alexander Turnbull Library. Front plane is an Albatross DIII; the second is probably a Pfalz DIII Taken in Ludgate Circus, parading from New Bridge Street into Fleet Street
context_page_description: The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte —known before October 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches abbreviated to Die Fliegertruppe—was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. In English-language sources it is usually referred to as the Imperial German Air Service, although that is not a literal translation of either name. German naval aviators of the Marine-Fliegerabteilung were an integral part of the Imperial German Navy. Both military branches operated aeroplanes, observation balloons and airships.
context_section_description: German casualties totalled 4,579 aircrew and 299 ground personnel killed, 1,372 missing/prisoner and 5,123 wounded, along with 1,962 men killed in flying accidents in Germany. Material losses by enemy action were 3,126 aircraft, 546 balloons and 26 airships. Some 7,425 Allied aircraft and 614 kite balloons were claimed as destroyed.
caption: Captured aircraft being paraded in London, 1918
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