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Max Immelmann

1890 - 1916

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Max Immelmann (21 September 1890 – 18 June 1916) PLM was the first German World War I flying ace. He was a pioneer in fighter aviation and is often mistakenly credited with the first aerial victory using a synchronized gun, which was in fact achieved on 1 July 1915 by the German ace Kurt Wintgens. Immelmann was the first aviator to receive the Pour le Mérite, colloquially known as the "Blue Max" in his honour, being awarded it at the same time as Oswald Boelcke. His name has become attached to a common flying tactic, the Immelmann turn, and remains a byword in aviation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Immelmann is the 751st most popular military personnel (down from 643rd in 2019), the 1,912th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,586th in 2019) and the 138th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Max Immelmann ranks 751 out of 2,058. Before him are Grigory Kulik, Lei Feng, Takeo Kurita, Julian, Count of Ceuta, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., and Hans Hermann von Katte. After him are Süleyman Pasha, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, Ma Dai, Carmine Crocco, Julius von Payer, and Pavel Sudoplatov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Max Immelmann ranks 72. Before him are Elpidio Quirino, Bechara El Khoury, Vannevar Bush, Seiichi Itō, Andriy Melnyk, and Grigory Kulik. After him are Sarah Aaronsohn, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern, Norman Bethune, Robert Stroud, and Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov. Among people deceased in 1916, Max Immelmann ranks 58. Before him are Joseph Gallieni, Hetty Green, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Fredrik Idestam, Ōyama Iwao, and Thomas Eakins. After him are Paolo Tosti, Oswald Boelcke, Herbert Kilpin, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Petar Kočić, and Friedrich Ernst Dorn.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Max Immelmann ranks 1,912 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Abetz (1903), Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1884), Eilhard Mitscherlich (1794), Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis (1706), and Wolf Biermann (1936). After him are Hugo Schuchardt (1842), Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1664), Rachel Félix (1821), Bernd Hölzenbein (1946), Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1489), and Adolf von Henselt (1814).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Max Immelmann ranks 138. Before him are Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Albert Leo Schlageter (1894), Herbert Kappler (1907), and Hans Hermann von Katte (1704). After him are Erich Brandenberger (1892), Heinz Hitler (1920), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Hermann Priess (1901), and Wilhelm Souchon (1864).

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