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Vizefeldwebel '''Josef Schwendemann''' was a World War I [[flying ace]] credited with 17 aerial victories.<ref name=aero>The Aerodrome website page on Schwendemann [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/schwendemann.php] Retrieved 5 January 2010.</ref>

==Biography==
See also [[Aerial victory standards of World War I]]

'''Josef Schwendemann''' is believed to have been born in 1888.<ref name=rootsweb/>

Initially serving in the trenches early in World War I, and twice being wounded, Schwendemann transferred to ''Die Fliegertruppe'' (The Flying Troupe) in June 1916. He served with ''Schutzstaffel 14'' from February 1917 before being sent to fighter school to become a pilot. He was posted to ''[[Jagdstaffel 41]]'' in September. On the 19th, he shot down his first enemy. He would run off a string of 11 more victories by 25 July, the majority being opposing enemy fighters.<ref name=lines/> He was then supplied with a new [[Fokker D.VII]];<ref>''Fokker D VII Aces of World War 1, Part 2.''. p. 65</ref> he scored five more victories with it, though details have been lost. On 30 September 1918, he was honored Prussia's highest decoration for valor, the [[Military Merit Cross (Prussia)|Golden Military Merit Cross]].<ref name=lines>''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918'', p. 209</ref>

==Sources of information==
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==References==

* ''Above the Lines: The Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps, 1914–1918''. [[Norman Franks]], Frank W. Bailey, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1993. {{ISBN|0-948817-73-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-948817-73-1}}.

*''Fokker D VII Aces of World War 1, Part 2.'' Norman Franks, Greg VanWyngarden. Osprey Publishing, 2004. {{ISBN|1-84176-729-8}}, {{ISBN|978-1-84176-729-1}}

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