Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 5, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 5, was created on January 21, 1916 and mobilized on 21 August 1916, as one of the first fighter units of the predecessor to the Luftwaffe, the Luftstreitkräfte. Many of the first pilots of the Jasta came out of KEK Avillers, itself an early attempt to organize and utilize fighter planes as winged weapons. Jasta 5 began its service career at Bechamp near Verdun, in support of 5 Armee.
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