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{{Infobox military person
| name          =Wolfgang Güttler
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| birth_date          = {{Birth date|df=y|1893|02|22}}
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|df=y|1918|02|20|1893|02|22}}
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| birth_place  =Reichenstein
| death_place  =[[Reneuil Ferme]]
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| nickname      =
| allegiance    = [[German Empire]]
| branch        =Aviation
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| rank          =''[[Leutnant]]''
| unit          =''Flieger-Abteilung'' (Flier Detachment) 72;<br>''Flieger-Abteilung'' (Flier Detachment) 285;<br> ''[[Jagdstaffel 24]]'' (Fighter Squadron 24);<br> ''[[Jagdstaffel 13]]'' (Fighter Squadron 13)
| commands      = ''Jagdstaffel 13''
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| awards        =[[Iron Cross]] (both classes)
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Leutnant '''Wolfgang Güttler''' was a World War I [[flying ace]] credited with eight aerial victories. He would score the first four while flying with ''[[Jagdstaffel 24]]'', and the last four while flying as commander of ''[[Jagdstaffel 13]]''. He was killed in a midair collision over his home airfield on 20 February 1918.<ref>The Aerodrome website page on Güttler [http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/guttler.php]. Retrieved 29 October 2020</ref>

==Biography==

Wolfgang Güttler was born in Reichenstein on 22 February 1893. At the start of World War I, he served with the Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 11 (11th Jaeger Bataillon), and won a Second Class [[Iron Cross]]. He then transferred to the [[Luftstreitkräfte|Die Fliegertruppen]] (Imperial German Air Service).<ref name=lines121>Franks et al 1990, p. 121.</ref>

After training as a pilot, Güttler was posted to ''Feldfliegerabteilung'' (Field Flier Detachment) 72 on the [[Eastern Front (World War I)|Eastern Front]] in 1916. He later served with ''Fliegerabteilung (Artillerie)|Feldflieger Abteilung'' (Field Flier Detachment) 285. During this time, he was awarded the First Class Iron Cross in November 1916.<ref name=lines121/>

He then underwent single-seater fighter training at  ''Fliegerersatz-Abteilung'' (Replacement Detachment) 11. He was then posted to a fighter squadron, ''[[Jagdstaffel 24]]'', on 10 March 1917. He scored his first aerial victory on 2 May 1917, when he shot down a [[Nieuport 17]] south of Bienes. By 9 August, he had shot down a [[Spad VII]] and two [[Sopwith Triplane]]s of [[No. 210 Squadron RAF|10 Naval Squadron]] [[Royal Naval Air Service|RNAS]].<ref name=lines121/>

On 29 September 1917, he was posted to ''[[Jagdstaffel 13]]'' to command it as its ''Staffelführer'' (C.O.). He scored his fifth victory on 20 October 1917; on 19 February he scored his eighth. The following day, Wolfgang Güttler was engaged in aerial combat over ''Jagdstaffel'' 13's home aerodrome at [[Reneuil Ferme]] when he collided with another German pilot and was [[killed in action]].<ref name=lines121/><ref>Franks et al 1990, p. 35.</ref>

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

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[[Category:Prussian Army personnel]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Iron Cross (1914), 1st class]]


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