Friedrich Marnet [SEP] conflict
Friedrich Marnet
Friedrich Marnet (22 January 1882 – 3 October 1915) was a German World War I officer and pilot. He also was one of the first German pilots to fly a Gotha G.
Background.
Friedrich Marnet was born into a military family in Metz, one of the strongest fortress of the German Empire. After leaving school, Marnet enlisted into the Prussian Army as a "Fahnenjunker" (cadet officer) in 1902. He received his commission as "Leutnant" on 9 March 1903. On 7
On 16 July 1915, Friedrich Marnet transferred to Feldflieger-Abteilung 8b. Soon after, on 9 August 1915, Marnet was promoted "Hauptmann". On 21 August 1915, Marnet transferred to Feldflieger Abteilung 6b, then based near Bühl.
In October 1915, while Hauptmann Marnet was flying toward Strasbourg, with a mechanic and an observer, his plane, a Gotha G.I B.14/15, crashed in a freshly tilled field, near Ochsenfurt. Hauptmann Friedrich Marnet's body was recovered from the wreckage, and he was buried with