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Johann Janzen

ROYAL PRUSSIAN JAGDSTAFFEL

Jasta 6

Johann Janzen

Janzen transferred to the German Air Force on 4 May 1916. After training with FEA 3 and Kasta 12, he was assigned to Jasta 23 on 28 November 1916. He scored his first victory with this unit before being reassigned to Jasta 6 on 16 October 1917. After scoring 3 more victories, he assumed command of Jasta 4 on 28 March 1918. A week later, he returned to Jasta 6 as the new CO, replacing Wilhelm Reinhard who was given command of JG I. Scoring his 5th victory on 4 May 1918, Janzen's Fokker DR.I was shot down five days later by a member of 209 Squadron. He survived the crash and scored 8 more victories before he was shot down again on 9 June 1918. On this occasion, the interrupter gear on his triplane malfunctioned during a dogfight with a SPAD and he shot off his own propellor. Janzen was captured and remained a prisoner until the end of the war.

Picture 1, Johann Janzen

Profile

Name:	Johann Janzen
Country:	Germany
Rank:	Leutnant
Units:	FEA 3 Jasta 4, 6, 23 Kasta 12
Victories:	13
Born:	21 May 1896
Place of Birth:	Fronza, West Prussia
Died:	1980s
Place of Death:

Table 1, Profile of Johann Janzen

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Opponent	Location
1	25. Feb 17	1135	Jasta 23	Farman	Loupmont
2	30. Nov 17	1545	Jasta 6	Sopwith Camel	SW of Marcoing
3	10 Dec 1917	1320	Jasta 6	S.E.5a	SE of Gonnelieu
4	27 Mar 1918	920	Jasta 6	R.E.8	S of d'Aveluy Wood
5	04 May 1918	1955	Jasta 6	SPAD	S of Etinehem
6	15 May 1918	1250	Jasta 6	D.H.4	N of Hamel
7	17 May 1918	1115	Jasta 6	Breguet 14	E of Cachy
8	20 May 1918	930	Jasta 6	Sopwith Dolphin	Hamel
9	30 May 1918	1030	Jasta 6	SPAD	Beauvardes
10	02. Jun 18	1720	Jasta 6	SPAD 2	W of Ploisy
11	05. Jun 18	1140	Jasta 6	SPAD	Vierzy
12	05. Jun 18	2025	Jasta 6	SPAD	La Ferte Milon
13	07. Jun 18	705	Jasta 6	SPAD	E of Villers Cotterets

Table 2, Airvictories of Johann Janzen

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 6

Created in the field 25 August 1916, by Kriegs Ministerium von 31.8.16- Nr.929.16 g.A.7.L. u. AOK 5 v.25.8.16 Ia. 2394, from Fokkerstaffel Sivry, under the command of Rittmeister Josef Wulff from KG5. Due to enemy artillery fire a move was made from Sivry to Jametz still in the 5 Armee Sector. Then on 30 September Jasta 6 was transferred to the 2 Armee.

The first pilot to register a victory with the Jasta was Vizefeldwebel Christian Kress on 20 October. On 20 March 1917, a move was made to the 4 Armee Sector. Then on 5 July Jasta 6 was assigned to Jagdgeschwader I, with Jastas 4, 10 and 11, under the command of Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen. Rittmeister Wulff, who had scored twice, was assigned to Stofi Heimat on 1 May 1917, and command of the Jasta passed to Leutnant Otto Bernert (23 victories) from Jasta Boelcke, but on 9 June, after having scored three more victories, he returned to Jasta Boelcke as Commanding Officer, and command of Jasta 6 passed to Oberleutnant Eduard Dostler (eight victories) from Jasta 34. Vizefeldwebel Fritz Krebs became the Jasta's first pilot to gain five victories on 17 June. Oberleutnant Dostler, who had raised his score to 26, was killed in combat with a RE8 on 21 August near Ypern, and the next day Leutnant Hans Adam (12 victories) assumed command.

The bad luck of the commanding officers continued and on 15 November Adam, who had scored his 21st victory on 6 November, was killed north-west of Kortewilde at 0920 hours flying Albatros DV 5222/17. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Reinhard (six victories) from Jasta 11 took over command, and the Jasta moved to the 2 Armee Front on 21 November. On 6 April 1918, the Jasta registered its I 100th victory. Hauptmann Reinhard was assigned as commander of Jagdgeschwader I following the death of Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen on 21 April 1918, and Leutnant Johann Janzen (four victories) assumed command of Jasta 6.

By 16 May Jasta 6 had been re-equipped with the Fokker D.VII, and on 21 May the unit moved to the 7 Armee Sector. Janzen was shot down and taken prisoner on 9 June after having scored his 13th victory two days before. Another Jasta 6 pilot, Leutnant Hans Kirschstein (24 victories), took over command, and added three more to his score, but on i6 July he and Leutnant Johannes Markgraf were killed in an accident flying a Hannover CLIII at Magneux, near Fismes. The command of Jasta 6 passed to Leutnant Paul Wenzel (six victories). Jasta 6 was equipped with the Fokker DVIII monoplane on 5 August, and on 10 August the unit moved to the 2 Armee Sector.

Wenzel was severely wounded on II August, after gaining his tenth victory two days earlier. Leutnant Richard Wenzl (six victories) took over the reins of the Jasta. The Fokker D.VIIIs were grounded by Kogenluft on 19 August and Jasta was re-equipped with the Fokker D.VII. On 1 September Leutnant Ulrich Neckel (24 victories) from Jasta 19 reported to take command until the end of the war. JGI was moved from the 2 Armee to Armee-Abteilung 'C' on 27 September, remaining until 8 October when it was assigned to the 5 Armee Front for the rest of the war. Jasta 6 received credit for at least 201 victories, while suffering the loss of ten pilots killed, two killed and four injured in accidents, three taken prisoner, and nine wounded.

Taken from "The Jasta Pilots" by Norman Franks, Frank Bailey, and Rick Diuven.

Jasta 6 Summary

Aces and COs

Jagdstaffel 6's first victory was scored by Christian Kress on 20 October 1916 while Fritz Krebs became the unit's first ace on 17 June 1917.

Aces

COs

1	Hans Kirschstein	27
2	Hans von Adam	18
3	Eduard von Dostler	18
4	Franz Hemer	18
5	Johann Janzen	12
6	Richard Wenzl	12
`7	Paul Wenzel	10
8	Fritz Krebs	8
9	Moritz Bretschneider-Bodemer	6
10	Ulrich Neckel	6
11	Wilhelm Reinhard	6
12	Kurt Küppers	5
13	Karl Deilmann	4
14	Fritz Otto Bernert	3
15	Friedrich Mallinckrodt	2
16	Friedrich Noltenius	2
17	Otto Brieten-Landenberg	1
18	Fritz Loerzer	1

1	Josef Wulff
	28 Aug 1916 - 1 May 1917
2	Fritz Otto Bernert
	1 May 1917 - 9 Jun 1917
3	Eduard von Dostler (KIA)
	11 Jun 1917 - 21 Aug 1917
4	Hans von Adam (KIA)
	22 Aug 1917 - 15 Nov 1917
5	Wilhelm Reinhard
	26 Nov 1917 - 22 Apr 1918
6	Johann Janzen (POW)
	28 Apr 1918 - 9 Jun 1918
7	Hans Kirschstein (IIFA)
	10 Jun 1918 - 16 Jul 1918
8	Paul Wenzel (WIA)
	19 Jul 1918 - 11 Aug 1918
9	Richard Wenzl
	11 Aug 1918 - 1 Sep 1918
10	Ulrich Neckel
	1 Sep 1918 - 11 Nov 1918

Aircraft and Aerodromes

Aircraft

Aerodromes

1	Fokker Eindecker
1	25 Aug 1916 - Sep 1916
2	Albatros D.I
2	Sep 1916
3	Albatros D.II
4	Albatros D.III
4	Mar 1917
5	Albatros D.V
6	Fokker D.VII
7	Fokker D.VIII
8	Fokker DR.I

1	Sivry
2	Jametz
3	Ugny le Quipée
4	Aulnoye
5	Bisseghem-Courtrai
6	Marckebeke
7	Lieu St. Armand
8	Bouchain
9	Awoingt
10	Lechelle
11	Harbonnières, Proyart
12	Cappy
13	Lomme, Lille
14	Guise
15	Puisieux Ferme
16	Begneux
17	Monthussart Ferme
18	Puisieux Ferme
19	Ennemain
20	Bernes
21	N of Busignyh
22	Metz-Frescaty
23	Marville
24	Tellancourt

Kingdom:	Prussia
Formed:	25 August 1916
Mobilized:	25 August 1916
Insignia:	Black and white striped tail
Aces:	18
Victories:	201
Losses:	10	Killed in Action (KIA)
	2	Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
	4	Injured in Flying Accidents (IIFA)
	9	Wounded in Action (WIA)
	3	Prisoners of War (POW)

Johann Janzen

Profile

Victories

Time

Unit

Colorscheme of Janzens Fokker Dr. I

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 6

Jasta 6 Summary

Aces and COs

Aircraft and Aerodromes

Map of aeria Verdun

Map of aeria Somme

Suplementary material

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