German Balloon Corps
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[Using this page as placeholder until we can ascertain the correct name of the German balloon corps established in 1884. Luftschiffertruppe? ([1])]
The German balloon corps was founded in 1884, its membership overlapping with the Berlin balloon club founded in 1882. It originally consisted of thirty-three men plus four officers, Bucholz, von Tschudi, von Hagen, and Moedebeck. Its base was the Eastern Railway Station in Berlin.[1]
References
- ↑ Hildebrandt, 1908, Airships Past and Present, pp. 158–159. (See more of this chapter for further details.
| Organization names | Luftschiffertruppe |
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| Entity type | |
| Country | DE |
| City | Berlin |
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| Scope | |
| Started aero | 1884 |
| Ended aero | |
| Keywords | LTA, military |
| Key people | Hermann W. L. Moedebeck, Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Georg von Tschudi |
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