Reinhard Treptow


Offizierstellvertreter Reinhard Treptow was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.

Biography

Reinhard Treptow was born in Leikow on 28 November 1892. He joined the German Army's 2nd Field Artillery Regiment on 13 October 1913, before World War I began.
He reported for aviation training in 1915, and was posted to Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 5 in Hannover, Germany. Training completed, he passed on to Flieger-Abteilung Flier Detachment 207 on 25 October 1915. He flew artillery direction and reconnaissance missions there until March 1917. He was then transferred to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 25, which was stationed in Macedonia.

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