serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards birth_date rank article_title name
1914 -1919 army , air service jagdstaffel 62 kolmar , province of posen 8 days -rrb- january 1919 -lrb- age 19 years , 137 tepliwoda , silesia german empire jagdstaffel 62 royal house order of hohenzollern , iron cross 24 august 1899 leutnant max näther
 max näther
max näther

leutnant max näther -lrb- 24 august 1899 -- 8 january 1919 -rrb- royal house order of hohenzollern , iron cross , was a german world war i ace fighter pilot noted for the destruction of ten enemy observation balloons and sixteen aircraft .
he was probably the youngest german ace in world war i.
