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Kingdom: Bavaria
Formed: 25 October 1916
Mobilized: 1 January 1917
Insignia:  
Aces: 11  
Victories: 54 Airplanes
12 Balloons
Losses: 14 Killed in Action (KIA)
1 Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
9 Wounded in Action (WIA)
2 Prisoners of War (POW)
 
Jagdstaffel 23 scored its first victory on 14 February 1917, suffered its first casualty on 3 May 1917 and was designated a Bavarian Jasta on 17 July 1917.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 Otto Kissenberth 13
2 Friedrich von Röth 10
3 Eduard von Schleich 10
4 Michael Hutterer 8
5 Heinrich Seywald 6
6 Albert Haussmann 3
7 Theodor Rumpel 3
8 Max Gossner 2
9 Albert Dietlen 1
10 Johannes Janzen 1
11 Friedrich Schattauer 1
1 Albatros D.II
2 Pfalz D.XII
3 Roland D.VIa
1 Paul Backhaus
17 Nov 1916 - 4 Aug 1917
2 Otto Kissenberth
4 Aug 1917 - 29 May 1918
3 Heinrich Seywald
2 Jun 1918 - 29 Jun 1918
4 Fritz Krautheim (WIA)
2 Jul 1918 - 19 Jul 1918
5 Heinrich Seywald
19 Jul 1918 - 11 Nov 1918
1 Armee-Abt. v Strantz
25 Oct 1916 - 1 Jan 1917
2 Pusieux, Mars-la-Tour
1 Jan 1917 - 14 Apr 1917
3 Erlon, Marle
16 Apr 1917 - 14 Jul 1917
4 Jametz
20 Jul 1917 - 24 Nov 1917
5 St. Mard
24 Nov 1917 - 4 Feb 1918
6 Aniche
6 Feb 1918 - 16 Mar 1918
7 Emerchicourt
17 Mar 1918 - 27 Mar 1918
8 Bapaume
27 Mar 1918 - 18 Apr 1918
9 Epinoy
18 Apr 1918 - 27 Aug 1918
10 Lieu St. Armand
27 Aug 1918 - 25 Sep 1918
11 Bühl
27 Sep 1918 - 8 Oct 1918
12 Harmigniers
13 Oct 1918 - 5 Nov 1918
13 Fleurs
5 Nov 1918 - 11 Nov 1918
 
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