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Fliegerersatzkompanien 16


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Umístěna byla pokud vím v Chebu (viz Luděk Matějíček: Chebská křídla, Svět křídel, Cheb 2006). Vybavení této jednotky se mělo stát první technikou československého letectva (bylo to snad jediné funkční letiště na území vznikající ČSR), byla kvůli tomu v listopadu 1918 vyslána speciální výprava do tehdy ještě "samostatného" Chebu, aby zabavila všechnu dostupnou techniku a dopravila ji do Prahy, což se také stalo.
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Fliegerersatzkompanie Nr. 16 (Flek 16)
Letecká náhradní (doplňovací) rota číslo 16


Typ výcviku: základní


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ObdobíMísto
1. května 1917Eger (Cheb)



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[1] GROSZ, Peter, Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One, Flying Machines Press, 2002, ISBN 1-891268-05-8
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Fliegerersatzkompanie Nr. 16 (Patch 16)
Air replacement (refill) company no 16

Fliegerersatzkompanie 16 began to form in the spring of 1917, it was formally set to 1. July 1917. Located at the airport in Cheb (Eger), which built the town of Cheb (Eger) and leased . in To. Luftfahrtruppe. Specialization Spot 16 was finishing and conditioning pilot training. At the same time served as a backup and top-up centre pilots for combat Fliegerkompanie (airline company).

The unit was formed in 1918 380 men. Custody of the airport was entrusted to the Hungarian unit of reservists, which was originally intended for guarding the prison camp at the newly built airport. Now she had the task of guarding both places. The commander of the Spot 16 was Hauptmann Karl (Adolph?) Loeschnigg.

One of the instructors of the unit was a Feldwebel, Václav Antoš, who was one of the first members of the Czechoslovak Air corps and the section 10. November 1918, the airport in Cheb. He died in the afternoon of this day, during a test flight over the Cheb.

Training at the unit outside other through Rudolf (Karl?) Patzelt (*1893 Bohemia?, + 4.5. 1918 Italy?). In December 1917, Stabsfeldwebel Otto Förster began pilot training at Spot 16 in Cheb, graduated from the 200 takeoffs and landings (December – February). After that, he went to Job 4.


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Cheb wings, Luděk Matějíček, World of wings 2006, ISBN-80-86808-27-0.
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