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Oberleutnant Frank Linke-Crawford (18 August 1893 – 30 July 1918),〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/linke-crawford.php〕 was the fourth-ranking ace of the Austro-Hungarian empire during World War I, with 27 victories.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/index.php〕 ==Early life== Frank Linke-Crawford was born in Krakau (Cracow), in what is presently Poland but then a provincial city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Major Adalbert Linke, was a Galician soldier; his mother, Lucy Crawford, was British. Despite this mixed background, he was an Austrian citizen. He entered the Wiener-Neustadt military academy in 1910. Upon graduation, he was commissioned Leutnant and assigned to the 6th Dragoon Regiment. On July 28, a month after the assassination of Austria-Hungary's Archduke Franz Ferdinand, his country declared war on Serbia.〔http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/linkecrawford.htm〕 This was the initial declaration of war that snowballed into World War I.〔http://www.cascom.army.mil/History/historyadd.asp〕 Linke-Crawford first saw battle on the Russian Front. In November, 1914, he was appointed commander of the infantry troop of the Sixth Dragoons. Between October 1914 and October 1915, he received several decorations; he also was hospitalized several times with malaria and dysentery.〔 In 1915, Linke-Crawford's fascination with the Luftfahrtruppen (Austro-Hungarian air service) led him to request a transfer for pilot training.〔 His poor health is also mentioned as a reason for his transfer.〔http://www.swwisa.net/kuklft/aces.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank Linke-Crawford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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