Karl Allmenröder, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Allmenröder

German World War I flying ace

Date of Birth: 03-May-1896

Place of Birth: Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1917

Profession: fighter pilot, soldier

Nationality: German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Leutnant Karl Allmenröder (3 May 1896 – 27 June 1917) was a German World War I flying ace. The medical student son of a preacher father was seasoned in the trenches as an 18-year-old artilleryman in the early days of the First World War, earning the honor of a battlefield commission to Leutnant on 30 March 1915.
After transferring to aviation and serving some time as an artillery spotter in two-seater reconnaissance airplanes, he transferred to flying fighter aircraft with Jagdstaffel 11 in November 1916. Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, took command of Jasta 11 in January 1917.
His protege Karl Allmenröder scored the first of his 30 confirmed victories on 16 February 1917.
Flying a scarlet Albatros D.III trimmed out with white nose and elevators, Allmenröder would score until 26 June 1917, the day before his death.
On 27 June 1917, Karl Allmenröder fell to his death near Zillebeke, Belgium.
His posthumous legacy of patriotic courage would later be utilised by the National Socialist German Workers Party.