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Jasta 4 at Vaux Castle, "This photo was taken to celebrate the bestowal of the Pour le MĂ©rite to Oblt. Rudolf
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Membership in the peripatetic Flying Circus kept Jasta 4 on the move, as they moved from hot spot to hot spot. During 1918, the
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Prussian Jagdstaffel 4 passed into history on 16 November 1918, when it was disbanded at FEA 9,
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249:. They ended the war on the
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140:Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 4
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125:Engagements
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1323:Categories
616:References
554:Hans Klein
514:Escaufourt
436:Marckebeke
417:Le Catelet
368:Ernst Udet
644:"Jasta 4"
545:Personnel
359:Leutnant
345:Leutnant
300:Leutnant
276:Hauptmann
255:Darmstadt
92:1916–1918
1177:Bavarian
821:Prussian
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498:Ennemain
483:Beugneux
448:LĂ©chelle
430:Courtrai
247:17 Armee
192:, Oblt.
187:Leutnant
183:Berthold
179:Höhndorf
36:reliable
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510:Busigny
251:5 Armee
243:7 Armee
239:6 Armee
235:2 Armee
210:4 Armee
202:2 Armee
194:Althaus
190:Bernert
168:History
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144:Jasta 4
97:Country
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245:, and
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