Background
Hans Hoyer was born in Rostock on 20 September 1890. However he was Saxon.
Hans Hoyer was born in Rostock on 20 September 1890. However he was Saxon.
As a flyer, he became an ace credited with eight confirmed and three unconfirmed aerial victories before being killed in action while fighting for his nation. He performed his required military service in 1911, joining the First Field Artillery Regiment of the German Army. He rejoined for, this time in the Kingdom of Saxony"s Twelfth Field Artillery Regiment.
He transferred to the Luftstreitkräfte in April 1916.
By May 1916, he was operational with a two-seater unit, Flieger Abteilung 10, and stayed with them through their transition into Feldflieger Abteilung 270. In May 1917, he left the unit to attend Jastaschule.
After being trained there as a fighter pilot, he joined Jasta 36 in late July under command of Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp. Hoyer would serve as acting Staffelführer from 4 August to 21 August 1917.
Flying against the Royal Flying Corps, Hoyer staked his first combat claim on 22 August 1917.
By the time Bülow-Bothkamp took leave on 29 October, Hoyer"s victory total stood at six confirmed and two unconfirmed. Bulow returned to command on 7 November, and Hoyer scored his eighth accredited victory the following day. On 15 November 1917, Hoyer was on patrol flying an Albatros Doctorate.V. He was reported to have downed a Spad before being shot down and killed 1.5 miles (25 kilometers) northeast of Tenbrielen, Belgium at 1215 hours.
lieutenant is uncertain whether he fell to a Spad, or under the guns of Philip Fullard.