Otto Brauneck was a German World War I flying ace credited with ten confirmed and five unconfirmed aerial victories. Originally assigned to fly on the Macedonian Front to support Germany's ally, the Ottoman Empire, between September 1916 and April 1917 Brauneck shot down four enemy observation balloons and three aircraft, with a further five claims going unproven. Transferred to the Red Baron's Jagdstaffel 11 in France, Brauneck scored a further three victories before being killed in action on 26 July 1917.
A Caudron G.4 of the Ottoman Air Force; a Caudron G.4 was Brauneck's fifth confirmed victory in Macedonia.
Braunecker's final victim flew a Sopwith Triplane.
Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 11 was founded on 28 September 1916 from elements of 4 Armee's Kampfeinsitzerkommandos 1, 2 and 3 and mobilized on 11 October as part of the German Air Service's expansion program, forming permanent specialised fighter squadrons, or "Jastas". It became the most successful fighter squadron in the Luftstreitkräfte.
Jasta 11 with Albatros D.III near Douai, France
Albatros D.V. (von Richthofen)
Fokker Dr I (von Richthofen)
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen [Center top in Albatros D.III cockpit] and Jasta 11 personnel: Standing From left to right: unknown (Leutnant Karl Allmenroeder?); Hans Hintsch; Vizfeldwebel Sebastian Festner; Leutnant Karl Emil Schaefer; Oberleutnant Kurt Wolff; Georg Simon; Leutnant Otto Brauneck. Seated Left to right: Esser; Krefft; in foreground Leutnant Lothar von Richthofen.
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