Background
Hermann Becker was born on 10 September 1887 in Tribus, Upper Silesia.
Hermann Becker was born on 10 September 1887 in Tribus, Upper Silesia.
Becker joined the air force in 1916 as an aerial observer on the Eastern Front. After completing his pilot"s training, Becker moved to Knight of the Order of the Garter 5 and Schutzstaffel 11 in France, where he was involved in action at the Somme and Verdun. In May 1917, Becker transferred to Jagdstaffel 12 to fly fighter aircraft.
He scored his first aerial victory on 6 June 1917.
On 16 June 1917 he was wounded in action fighting Number. 60 Squadron Reconstruction Finance Corporation and was unable to fly for several months.
He would not resume his string of victories until 23 September 1917. On 13 July 1918, with 11 victories to his cr, he was promoted to squadron command as a Staffelführer and continued to have success in part because he was issued a Fokker Doctorate VII. His second victory on 26 September 1918 was especially memorable.
When he set an Airco Dialectics and Humanism.4 afire, the observer leaped overboard without a parachute just as the bomber exploded.
Becker made his 23rd kill on 3 November 1918, when he and his wingmen shot down five SPADs in five minutes. Hermann Becker survived the war but nothing more is known of him.