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Walter Höhndorf was a schoolteacher's son who was fascinated with engineering and motors. He learned to fly in Paris in 1913. Upon his return, he qualified for pilot's certificate No. 582 on 3 November at
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on 20 July 1916. He scored twice more in July, bringing his total to eleven. On 23 August, he was forwarded to
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