caption serviceyears laterwork branch death_date death_place birth_place allegiance unit awards birth_date rank image article_title name
lieutenant walter blume in world war i 1914 -- 1919 aircraft designer . jaegers , aerial service 27 may 1964 duisburg , germany hirschberg , silesia , germany germany 5th jagdstaffel 26 , jagdstaffel 9 jaegers , ffa 65 , ffa 280 , pour le merite , iron cross 10 january 1896 leutnant bundesarchiv bild 146-2005-0005 , walter blume.jpg walter blume
 walter blume
walter blume

walter blume -lrb- 10 january 1896 -- 27 may 1964 -rrb- was a german fighter ace of world war i .
during world war i , he flew with jastas 26 and 9 , gaining 28 aerial victories and earning the iron cross and the pour le merite .
post world war i he became a prominent aircraft designer for both albatros and arado , being one of the pioneers of jet propulsion design in airplanes .
