FLIEGERHAUBE SCHLACHTSTAFFELN 15 Fw B. HAGEMANN
Schlachtstaffeln 15 pilot worn cloth helmet and goggles.
The goggles are British made war-booty goggles with Triplex lenses.
The cloth helmet is an Austro-Hungarian manufactured one.
The helmet has two sewed labels with user's name and initials.
The goggle mask with fur backing has similar labels.
The chinstrap assembly.
Alois Pichler in Wien was the manufacturer of this helmet.
Snap down earflap with WW1 era press stud adjusters.
The grey coated press stud adjusters are C.S. marked.
Rear view showing an extended neck flap.
Feldwebel Hagemann's flight gear with a photo file of the user.
Feldwebel Hagemann's file is dated März 1918, Cappy.
SCHLACHTSTAFFELN (SCHLASTA)
"At about the same time the Germans took delivery of the Halberstadt CL II. This was a two seater tractor aircraft intended originally as an escort fighter for observer planes. Realizing the effectiveness of direct ground attacks, flights of Halberstadt CL IIs were reorganized into attack flights (Schlachtstaffeln). These planes were better equipped for ground-attack duties than the single-seater Allied fighters, which were particularly vulnerable to attack from above and behind, while the pilot was preoccupied with aiming and strafing. In the Halberstadt the observer provided both warning and some level of protection from such attacks, and could assist by dropping bombs or grenades. When the Germans launched their final great push in March of 1918, they placed such an emphasis on ground attack that it was considered to be the most important task of the German planes. Flying Halberstadt CL.II, the improved Halberstadt CL.IVs, and the specialist all-metal Junkers J1, they initially enjoyed tremendous success..."
Read more here: link to WW1 ground attacks HERE!
Wikipedia link to Schlachtstaffeln HERE!
German Schlastas used two seater tractor aircrafts like Halberstadt CL. II.
Halberstadt CL. II fuselage at Crakow Aviation Museum in 2006.
The most effective Schlasta maschine was all-metal Junkers J.1.