Georg Meyer
Military Person
1893 – 1926
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Who was Georg Meyer?
Leutnant Georg Meyer was a German World War I fighter ace credited with confirmed victories over six enemy observation balloons and 18 enemy aircraft.
Meyer was one of the early German military aviators, volunteering on 1 February 1916. He would serve through the end of the war, rising to squadron command in the process. He would be recommended for Germany's highest award for valor, the Pour le Merite.
Meyer remained in aviation postwar, and was head of aviation training at Magdeburg when he was killed in a motorcycle accident.
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