Alexander Zenzes

Name:

Alexander Montanus Zenzes

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Vizeflugmeister

Units:

MFJ 2

Victories:

Born:

10 July 1898

Place of Birth:

Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany

Died:

September 1980

Place of Death:

Cemetery:

Fresh Pond Crematory, Middle Village, New York, USA

Flying the Fokker D.VII, Alexander Zenzes scored 7 victories in the summer of 1918 before he was slightly wounded by flak over Ostende-Oudenburg on 22 July 1918. He was wound again on 1 August 1918. Returning to duty in the fall, he scored 12 more victories by the end of the war. He later served with the Marine Freikorps in the Baltic under Gotthard Saschenberg.

Zenses received a doctorate in economics from a German university in the 1920s and emigrated to the United States about 1926. Petitioning for citizenship in 1929, he became a naturalized American citizen in 1934 and remained in San Francisco with his wife, Gertrude, during the 1930s and 40s. During that time, he was employed as a sales manager, a clerk and was involved in chemical research. In 1942, the FBI considered him to be "a very clever German agent" and suspected he was engaged in subversive activites in Mexico. He lived in New York City in the 1950s.

Listed as Alexandre Zenses in numerous sources. Additional info: Alexander Zenzes, finally some info !

Petition for Citizenship, California, Federal Naturalization Records, 30 April 1934

Declaration of Intention, California, Federal Naturalization Records, 27 March 1929

Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 29 September 1942

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	05 Jun 1918	1832	MFJ II		Sopwith Camel	E of Avekapelle
2	27 Jun 1918		MFJ II		D.H.9	Blankenberghe
3	27 Jun 1918		MFJ II		Sopwith Camel (B7186)	Wenduyne
4	28 Jun 1918		MFJ II		Bristol F.2b	S of Blankartsee
5	29 Jun 1918		MFJ II		Bristol F.2b	SE of Dixmude
6	30 Jun 1918	2040	MFJ II		D.H.9	Middlekerke
7	20 Jul 1918	1025	MFJ II		Sopwith Camel	Westende
u/c	29 Jul 1918		MFJ II		EA
8	25 Sep 1918	1800	MFJ II		Sopwith Camel (B7252)	Wynendaele
9	28 Sep 1918	1230	MFJ II		Sopwith Camel	Woumen
10	03 Oct 1918		MFJ II		D.H.9	N of Roulers
11	03 Oct 1918		MFJ II		D.H.9	N of Roulers
12	14 Oct 1918		MFJ II		EA
13	14 Oct 1918		MFJ II		EA
14	14 Oct 1918		MFJ II		EA
zlg	15 Oct 1918		MFJ II		Sopwith Dolphin
15	23 Oct 1918		MFJ II		Sopwith Camel	Merendree
16	23 Oct 1918		MFJ II		Sopwith Camel	Merendree
17	23 Oct 1918		MFJ II		Sopwith Camel	Oostwinkel
18	27 Oct 1918		MFJ II		Sopwith Camel	S of Dienze