Hi John,
Yes sir, I do intend to pop a couple at least, I've gotta make sure the thing still works.
My avatar is Leutnant Hans von Keudell.
He was a early ace of the German Empire with 12 victories. Whilest serving in JASTA 27, he met an untimely end on 15 Feburary 1917.
The German war ministry used aces for propaganda on the home front during the war and created "sanke" cards (kinda like baseball cards) of these pilots to be inspirational.
Von Keudell's sanke card is below.
He is wearing a leutnant's uniform of the 3rd Uhlan (lancer) Regiment . He was serving with this unit at the start of the war and transferred to the Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches in June 1915.
I "fly" in an online WWI aerial combat simulator: Rise of Flight.
When I was looking for a suitable avatar for the my character, I stumbled across von Keudell.
Since I started using this avatar, I have read everything I could find about von Keudell and when I am flying my Albatros D.III, I really get into the character...though, my German still needs work.
Thank you for asking,
Hans...uh, I mean Richard