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Leutnant Franz Gräser was a World War I flying ace credited with 18 aerial victories. Gräser was a technical university student in Budapest until World War I broke out. In October 1914, he enlisted in Infanterieregiment No. 72, graduated reserve officer school in mid-July 1915, and began World War I as the commander of a machine gun unit on the Russian Front. After being wounded, he transferred to K.u.K, the Austro-Hungarian air service. He was commissioned as an officer and assigned to observer duties in the rear seat of a reconnaissance aircraft in Flik 2. His skill with machine guns helped him to his first two victories, from the rear seat,〔http://www.swwisa.net/kuklft/aces.html Retrieved 23 December 2009.〕 on 10 February and 20 May 1917.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/graser.php Retrieved on 5 April 2010.〕 Like many observers, Gräser made the transition to becoming a pilot. Unlike just about anyone else, he did so without formal training. The feldwebel pilot who coached him thought he was a natural, but he never received any official training. Without ever being licensed as a pilot, Gräser began flying an Albatros D.III fighter for Flik 42J〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/graser.php Retrieved on 23 December 2009.〕 beginning in September 1917. His personal insignia of an owl on his plane was based in Baltic culture; an owl was considered a sign of death.〔http://www.swwisa.net/kuklft/aces.html Retrieved 23 December 2009.〕 By the end of 1917, his score stood at 11, with number 11 being claimed on 5 December 1917.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/graser.php Retrieved on 23 December 2009.〕 He resumed his victory roll on 26 January 1918 with Flik 61J. By the 23rd of March, he had run his total of wins up to 18 confirmed and one unconfirmed.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/graser.php Retrieved on 23 December 2009.〕 Most of his victories were over Italian pilots,〔http://www.swwisa.net/kuklft/aces.html Retrieved 23 December 2009.〕 and his range of victims was wide; seaplanes, fighters, recon two-seaters, and balloons all fell before his guns.〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/graser.php Retrieved on 23 December 2009.〕 On 17 May 1918,〔http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/austrhun/graser.php Retrieved on 23 December 2009.〕 Gräser flew an escort mission, and was shot down in flames by several Italian aces, including Francesco Baracca, Antonio Chiri, Cesare Magistrini, and Gastone Novelli.〔http://www.swwisa.net/kuklft/aces.html Retrieved 23 December 2009.〕 ==Sources of information== 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「Franz Gräser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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