Kurt Wolff

Oberleutnant Kurt Robert Wilhelm Wolff was one of Imperial Germany's highest scoring fighter aces during World War I. The youthful ace originally served in three bomber units before being picked by Manfred von Richthofen for fighter aviation. Under the tutelage of Richthofen, Wolff would shoot down 33 enemy aircraft in four months, including 22 victims during Bloody April, 1917. On 6 May 1917, after his 29th victory, he was transferred to command Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 29. When Richthofen moved up to become the wing commander of the Flying Circus and his replacement as squadron commander was killed, Wolff was transferred to command his old squadron. Wolff was killed in action, aged 22, while flying a Fokker Triplane prototype.