Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen
General Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen was a German military aviation pioneer, a senior air commander in the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I, and a founding father of the German military aviation.
Lieutenant Colonel von der Lieth-Thomsen c. 1916
Thomsen (right) in consultation with his commanding general, Ernst von Hoeppner, 1918
Von der Lieth-Thomsen's gravestone in the Invalidenfriedhof Cemetery
The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte —known before October 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches —was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. In English-language sources it is usually referred to as the Imperial German Air Service, although that is not a literal translation of either name. German naval aviators of the Marine-Fliegerabteilung were an integral part of the Imperial German Navy. Both military branches operated aeroplanes, observation balloons and airships.
Leutnant Max Immelmann with his first Fokker Eindecker, E.13/15
Gotha G.V
Allbatros C.VII# C.1283/16
Fokker D.VII used by the Luftstreitkräfte