Eduard Ritter von Dostler

Oberleutnant Eduard Ritter von Dostler , Pour le Mrite, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Military Order of Max Joseph, Iron Cross, was a German World War I fighter ace credited withvictories. On three consecutive assignments during World War I, Dostler was entrusted with leadership of German jagdstaffeln .

Eduard Dostler was born onFebruary 1892 in Pottenstein, Kingdom of Bavaria. He was commissioned in the 4th Pioneer Battalion of the Bavarian Army onOctober 1912. He was awarded the Bavarian Lifesaving Medal for saving two of his men from drowning in the Danube River in August 1914. Later that month, Dostler went into action with his battalion in France on the Western Front. He won the Iron Cross First Class in March 1915. He was also awarded his native Bavaria Military Service Order.

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