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24 June 2016, 08:57 AM
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Anyone have any info on Gustav Praclik? (Jasta 5)
Does anyone have any info on Uffz. Gustav Praclik of Jasta 5? I just read an amazing account taken from his WWI memoir Unter Stahlhelm und Fliegerhaube that was translated into English at the 'Over The Front' site in which he vividly recounts a parachute jump he had to make to escape his burning Fokker near the end of the War. It was one of the most fascinating and lively personal accounts of the air war I have ever read and I want to know more about this pilot.
Can anyone help?
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24 June 2016, 09:22 AM
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Two-seater Pilot
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From Jasta Pilots
Uffz Rudolf Gustav Praclik Wounded when shot down in flames during combat with SE5's on 25th of october 1918, jumped in parachute and landed safely WIA. That's all i can say 
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24 June 2016, 09:59 PM
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Observer
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Gustav Praclik
Born: 18.05.1893 in Szombathely, Ungarn Died: ? Promotions: Gefreiter (01.08.1915); Unteroffizier (16.11.1916). Career: 22.08.1914 b. E./I.R.79 24.09.1914 z. 2./I.R.79 04.11.1914 verwundet - Lazarett 17.11.1914 z. 11./I.R.79 31.01.1915 z. E./I.R.79 13.02.1915 z. II./I.R.164 22.03.1915 z. 12./R.I.R.229 ins Feld 26.07.1915 verwundet - Lazarett 19.10.1915 z. 8./I.R.78 01.12.1915 z. 9./I.R.78 22.06.1916 z. 8./I.R.411 kdt. 12.10.1916 z. 8./I.R.411 vers. 20.10.1916 z. 8./I.R.411 ins Feld 04.06.1917 z. A.Fl.P.8 02.07.1917 z. Fea 5 30.07.1917 z. Flg.Schule Halberstadt 27.12.1917 z. Fea 5 23.07.1918 z. A.Fl.P.6 20.08.1918 z. A.Fl.P.2 00.09.1918 z. Jasta 5 25.10.1918 verwundet - Lazarett Known Decorations & Awards: 1914 EK II Best wishes, Igor |
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25 June 2016, 01:01 AM
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Rest in Peace
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The engagement was with No 60 Sqn; Lt L H Smith, SE5a E1276, shot down a Fokker DVII that went down in flames, the pilot jumping in a parachute, over Berlaimont.
Five minutes later, Smith was shot down by Vzfw Karl Treiber as his seventh victory. Smith survived as a prisoner of war. Graeme |
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25 June 2016, 08:20 AM
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Observer
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Thanks for the info everyone. I wish his memoirs where available in English.
 Here is the story I read that got me so interested. He knows how to tell a good tale! 
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25 June 2016, 10:22 AM
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