Fritz Otto Bernert

Name:

Fritz Otto Bernert

Fritz Otto Bernert [Thanks to Carsten Kopke at Arrowsoft Verlag]

Country:

Germany

Rank:

Oberleutnant

Units:

Feldflieger Abteilung 27, 71
KEK Vaux
Jasta 2, 4, 6

Victories:

Born:

06 March 1893

Place of Birth:

Ratibor, Upper Silesia

Died:

18 October 1918

Place of Death:

Ratibor, Upper Silesia

Cemetery:

Jerusalem Cemetery, Raciborz/Ratibor Upper Silesia

The son of a Burghermeister, Otto Bernert was in the infantry when the war began. Wounded on several occasions, he eventually transferred to the Fliegertruppe as an observer. The following year, despite the bayonet wound that rendered his left arm useless, Bernert became a pilot. On 24 April 1917, he set a record by shooting down five British aircraft in less than 30 minutes. In June, Bernert became commander of Jasta 2 (Jasta Boelcke) but on 18 August 1917, he was wounded again and his days as a fighting pilot came to an end. Bernert died from influenza the following year.

Victories

	Date	Time	Unit	Aircraft	Opponent	Location
1	17 Apr 1916		KEK Vaux		Nieuport
2	06 Sep 1916		Jasta 4	Halberstadt D	Caudron	Dompierre
3	11 Sep 1916	1100	Jasta 4		Nieuport	Allennes
4	21 Oct 1916	1630	Jasta 4		Caudron	Chaulnes
5	09 Nov 1916	1030	Jasta 4		D.H.2	La Sars
6	09 Nov 1916	p.m.	Jasta 4		D.H.2	Haplincourt
7	09 Nov 1916	p.m.	Jasta 4		F.E.8 (6409)	Martinpuich
8	19 Mar 1917	0925	Jasta 2		Sopwith	Ecourt-Mory
9	24 Mar 1917	1630	Jasta 2		B.E.2d	Pronville
10	01 Apr 1917	1045	Jasta 2		Balloon	Villers-au-Fler
11	02 Apr 1917	0830	Jasta 2		Nieuport	Queant
12	03 Apr 1917	1910	Jasta 2		Balloon	Ervillers
13	03 Apr 1917	1912	Jasta 2		Balloon	NW of Bapaume
14	06 Apr 1917	1015	Jasta 2		R.E.8	Roeux
15	07 Apr 1917	1715	Jasta 2		Nieuport	Roeux
16	08 Apr 1917	1510	Jasta 2		Bristol F.2a (A3330)	Rémy
17	08 Apr 1917	1515	Jasta 2		Nieuport 12	Rémy
18	11 Apr 1917	1230	Jasta 2		F.E.2b	Arras
19	11 Apr 1917	1240	Jasta 2		Morane Parasol (A6772)	Moreuil
20	24 Apr 1917	0830	Jasta 2		Sopwith 1½ Strutter (A1002)	Vaucelles
21	24 Apr 1917	0840	Jasta 2		B.E.2e (7195)	E of Joncourt
22	24 Apr 1917	0842	Jasta 2		B.E.2e (A2937)	W of Bellincourt
23	24 Apr 1917	0845	Jasta 2		B.E.2e (A2941)	W of Boni
24	24 Apr 1917	0850	Jasta 2		D.H.4 (A2149)	N of Levergies
25	02 May 1917	0830	Jasta 2		Nieuport	S of St. Quentin
26	04 May 1917	1845	Jasta 2		Balloon	Vauxtin
27	07 May 1917	1540	Jasta 2		B.E.2e	N of St. Quentin
u/c	19 May 1917	1720	Jasta 2		F.E.2b (A5510)	Villers Guislaine

Books

Franks, Norman, Frank Bailey and Russell Guest. Above the Lines: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914-1918. London: Grub Street, 1993

Treadwell, Terry C. and Alan C. Wood. German Knights of the Air 1914-1918: The Holders of the Orden Pour le Mérite. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1998