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This article is about the German yer. For the German being dubbed 'The Black Knight'.
landscape painter, see Eduard Schleich the Elder.
Ongoing Prussian and Bavarian political arguments over a
non-prussian commanding a Prussian ghter unit caused
Eduard Ritter von Schleich (August 9, 1888 Novem- a new Bavarian Jasta to be formed and Schleich was reber 15, 1947), n Eduard-Maria Joseph Schleich was a assigned to command Jasta 32 in October 1917, with his
high scoring Bavarian ying ace of World War I. He was tally at 25.
credited with 35 aerial victories at the end of the war. He was awarded the Order Pour le Mrite in December,
During World War II, he served in the Luftwae as a gen- and after a spell commanding Jastaschule 1, on 15 March
eral.
he took command of Jagdgruppe Nr. 8, a collection of
Jastas 23, 34 and 35, in the last month of the war he commanded Jasta 21. By the wars end his score was 35.
Early life
World War I
3 Post war
Von Schleich was briey hospitalised in Bad Reichenhall
regaining his strength after many years of combat. In
1919, he was assigned to as Inspector with the Bavarian
Air Service, an aviation unit of the Bavarian State Police.
World War II
Decorations
Iron Cross of 1914, 1st and 2nd class (4 December
1917)
Order Pour le Mrite (5 December 1917)
Knights Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph
(14 June 1918)
References
Whiteside, Darren J. (2007). Rampant Lion: The
Life of Eduard Ritter von Schleich, Germanys 'Black
Knight' of WWI. Warren, Michigan: A & S Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9791946-1-0. Library of
Congress Control Number: 2007903331
EXTERNAL LINKS
7 External links
Eduard Ritter von Schleich page at the aerodrome.com
Ritter von Schleich
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