Background
Wolfgang Güttler was born in Reichenstein on 22 February 1893.
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Wolfgang Guttler
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Career
He would score the first four while flying with Jagdstaffel 24, and the last four while flying as commander of Jagdstaffel 13. He was killed in a midair collision over his home airfield on 20 February 1918. At the start of World War I, he served with the Jäger-Bataillon Near
He then transferred to the Die Fliegertruppen (Imperial German Air Service).
After training as a pilot, Güttler was posted to Feldfliegerabteilung (Field Flier Detachment) 72 on the Eastern Front in 1916. He later served with Feldflieger Abteilung (Field Flier Detachment) 285.
He then underwent single-seater fighter training at Fliegerersatz-Abteilung (Replacement Detachment) 11. He was then posted to a fighter squadron, Jagdstaffel 24, on 10 March 1917.
He scored his first aerial victory on 2 May 1917, when he shot down a Nieuport 17 south of Bienes.
By 9 August, he had shot down a Spad VII and two Sopwith Triplanes of 10 Naval Squadron Royal Naval Air Service. On 29 September 1917, he was posted to Jagdstaffel 13 to command it as its Staffelführer (Colorado). He scored his fifth victory on 20 October 1917. On 19 February he scored his eighth.
The following day, Wolfgang Güttler was engaged in aerial combat over Jasta 13"s home aerodrome at Reneuil Ferme when he collided with another German pilot and was killed in action.
