Jasta 25 was founded on 28 November 1916, and mobilized on 1 December. It began operations in Macedonia, using Halberstadt D.IIs. It scored its first success on 10 December 1916, and took its first casualty on 18 February 1917. It continued operations until the end of the war brought about the dissolution of the Luftstreitkräfte.
Staffelführers (Commanding Officers)
Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt: 2 December 1916–1 February 1918
August Rose: 1 February 1918–11 November 1918
Duty stations
Prilep: 28 November 1916–13 March 1917
Kanatlarci: 13 March 1917–1 June 1918
Kalkova: 1 June 1918–11 November 1918
Aircraft and operations: Halberstadt D.II, Albatros D.III, Roland D.IIa
Notable personnelA quartet of decorated flying aces served with the unit. They were:
Gerhard Fieseler, winner of the Military Merit Cross and Iron Cross
Joining the German Air Force in 1915, Fieseler crashed during training and was in hospital until February 1916. As a two-seater pilot, he joined FA(A) 243 in October 1916 and was later assigned to FA 41. In May 1917, after training on single-seaters, he was posted to Jasta 25 on the Macedonian front. Here he scored 19 victories flying various aircraft, including the Roland D.II.
1 20 Aug 1917 Jasta 25 Nieuport 17 (3743)
u/c 09 Sep 1917 Jasta 25 Nieuport Scout
2 30 Jan 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport 17
3 05 Apr 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport 24 (4047)
4 20 Jun 1918 Jasta 25 SPAD
5 05 Jul 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport 24
6 24 Jul 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport Scout
7 25 Jul 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport Scout
8 28 Jul 1918 Jasta 25 Bréguet 14
9 04 Aug 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport Scout
10 05 Aug 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport Scout
11 11 Aug 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport Scout
12 16 Aug 1918 Jasta 25 AR2
13 23 Aug 1918 Jasta 25 SPAD 2
14 04 Sep 1918 Jasta 25 Bréguet -or- SPAD 2
u/c 09 Sep 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport
15 13 Sep 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport
16 15 Sep 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport
17 18 Sep 1918 Jasta 25 SPAD
18 19 Sep 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport
19 20 Sep 1918 Jasta 25 Bréguet -or- Nieuport
Reinhard Treptow, Iron Cross
Whilst serving in Macedonia with Jasta 25, he claimed 6 victories
1 09 May 1917 Jasta 25 Balloon
2 20 Jun 1917 Jasta 25 Nieuport Scout
3 02 Jul 1917 Jasta 25 Nieuport 11
4 16 Oct 1917 Jasta 25 Nieuport 24 (N4503)
5 16 Nov 1917 Jasta 25 Avro 2
6 04 Jul 1918 Jasta 25 Nieuport 27
Otto Brauneck, Iron Cross
5 19 Jan 1917 Jasta 25 Caudron G.IV
u/c 20 Jan 1917 Jasta 25 Farman
u/c 20 Jan 1917 Jasta 25 EA
6 11 Feb 1917 Jasta 25 A.W.F.K.8 3 (6196)
u/c 01 Mar 1917 Jasta 25 EA
7 31 Mar 1917 Jasta 25 Balloon
u/c 06 Apr 1917 Jasta 25 Balloon
Karl-Friedrich Burckhardt, Iron Cross
1 15 Jan 1917 Jasta 25 B.E.2c
2 29 Apr 1917 Jasta 25 Farman (MF1957)
3 05 May 1917 Jasta 25 Balloon
4 31 May 1917 Jasta 25 Nieuport 12
5 05 Jul 1917 Jasta 25 Farman
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