Background
Hans Karl Müller was born on 19 July 1892 in Loschwitz, Germany, which was then in the Kingdom of Saxony.
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He also taught many others to fly, as an instructor in the German Air Service, and later, as a civilian instructor in Mexico. When broke out, Müller joined the German Air Service, the Luftstreitkräfte. Müller became one of Germany"s first military pilots when he undertook pilot"s training at Federal Energy Administration 2.
He qualified as a pilot on 31 December 1914.
Three days later, he was posted to FA 3. By 1 May 1915, he was stationed at Armee Flugpark 6.
His next assignment was instructor duty at Grossenhain. On 20 February 1916, Müller moved to the Verdun front and joined Kasta 11.
He scored his first aerial victory while with them, on 26 March 1916.
By the next month, he was flying a Fokker Eindekker. On 28 June 1916, he transferred to Kō Enerugī Kasokuki Kenkyū Kikō Avillers. He scored two more victories while with this unit, destroying an enemy observation balloon and downing an enemy airplane over Verdun.
Over a four-month period, from 26 August through 26 December 1916, Müller scored six more aerial victories to become his squadron"s leading ace.
While scoring his ninth and final victory on 26 December, he was so severely wounded in the abdomen that he was removed from combat duty. Müller was commissioned as a leutnant on 14 January 1917.
Upon recovery, he served as a pilot for Siemens-Schuckert, the airplane manufacturer. He would never again see combat.
He would survive the war, having been awarded both classes of the.
Müller emigrated to Mexico after war"s education He ran a flying school there until 1931. He then moved across the border to Texas.
He died in San Antonio on 23 July 1977.
Membership
He then became an original member of Jagdstaffel 5. He joined the squadron on 21 August 1916 as a Vizefeldwebel.
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