Last World War I airman?

[observer2]

Of all the allied and Axis Flying Squadrons...who were the last members of
army/navy squadrons {not just pilots} for example in Over the Front magazine there was a article on a 100 year old aircraft mechanic who served with 100 Bomb Sq USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100th_Aero_Squadron
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~carm..._squadron.html
British Empire
USA
France
Italy
Germany
Austrian-Hungary
Russia

[frontflieger]

Originally Posted by observer2

Germany

As far as I know Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos was born on August 10, 1894 ... and died in 1997. A pilot and member of Richthofen's Jasta 11.

An other pilot was Hans Baur who died in 1993.

[VtwinVince]

The last WW1 aviator that I knew personally was Earl Wintemute, a Brisfit pilot with 48 RAF who was still alive in the mid-90's.

[Graeme]

As far as the UK is concerned, Henry William Allingham, 6 June 1896 to 18 July 2009). He was the oldest-ever surviving member of any of the British Armed Forces, one of the oldest surviving veterans of the First World War, the last survivor of the Battle of Jutland, the last-surviving member of the Royal Naval Air Service and the last-surviving founding member of the Royal Air Force.

He was rated as an Air Mechanic Second Class on 21 September 1915 and was posted to Chingford before completing his training at Sheerness, Kent. Upon completion of his training, Allingham was posted to the RNAS Air Station at Great Yarmouth where he worked in aircraft maintenance then in September 1917, by then an Air Mechanic First Class, he was posted to the Western Front to join No 12 Squadron RNAS.

On 3 November 1917 he was posted to the aircraft depot at Dunkirk, where he remained for the rest of the war, on aircraft repair and recovery duties. He returned to Home Establishment in February 1919 and was discharged to the RAF Reserve on 16 April 1919.

He was 113 years and 42 days old when he died, of natural causes.

A week later, Henry John 'Harry' Patch, known as 'the Last Fighting Tommy', also died, aged 111 years and 38 days. He had been the last surviving trench combat soldier of the First World War from any country and (briefly) the oldest man in Europe.

Graeme

[VtwinVince]

Respect, but do ground personnel count as 'airmen'?

[observer2]

yes they kept the airmen in the air and armed as well

[VtwinVince]

I guess we need to distinguish between flying personnel and ground.

[gustav_novak]

Hello,

As far as I know, highly probably last surviving LFT pilot and Feldpilot was certain Zgsf Johann Neuhauser (Oct 1996).

For a certain period of time as the last LFT Fp was considered Rudolf Šimáček (June 1992).

Have not got information on k.u.k. SFK pilots/ observers...

Sorry for the language. This is not my focus...

GN