page_title: Jagdstaffel 26
section_title: Operational history
hierarchical_section_title: Jagdstaffel 26 / Operational history
context_page_description: Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 26 was a "hunting group" of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score 177 verified aerial victories, including four observation balloons destroyed. The Jasta would pay a bloody price for its success: five pilots killed in action, nine wounded in action, and one prisoner of war.
caption: The Jasta 26 flightline on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive.
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