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HISTORY
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Georg Kenzian
Georg Kenzian von Kenzianhausen was born on May
11th, 1894 in Linc (or Jičín in Bohemia according to
some sources). Following in the footsteps of his father,
he chose to be a career officer, and in 1913 he joined
Pionierbatallion 2. Within this unit, he served on the
Russian Front, and in December, 1914, was wounded.
In September, 1915, he was promoted to Oberleutnant.
In the winter of 1915/16, he requested a transfer to the
air force, which was granted in February, 1916. After
completion of his training, he served as an observer with
Flik 24, which operated in the Italian Front commanded
by Gustav Studeny. Here, Georg Kenzian and his pilot,
Rudolf Frost, shot down an enemy Farman on June 16th,
1916, becoming his first kill. At the end of July, the crew
of Alois Jezek and Georg Kenzian were shot down by a
group of Italian fighters. Kenzian returned to his unit, but
not until after three months of recuperation. In February,
1917, Kenzian was transferred to a flight school at Wiener-
Neustadt as an instructor.
Kenzian also took the
opportunity here to gain
pilot training, and after
gaining his wings he was
attached to Flik 55/J
in August, 1917 as
Chefpilot (deputy
commander). On September
29th, he shot down an Italian
Nieuport, scoring his first kill as
a pilot. In November, he then got a further two kills
in the cockpit of Albatros D.III (Oef) 153.27. To his five
kills he progressively added until reaching nine in March,
1918. In May, 1918, he was transferred to Flik 68/J to rep-
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lace the unit’s shot down CO, Karl Patzelt. Here, he would
move from the Oeffag into the Austrian Phonix D.II/IIa
fighter. Then, in October, he became CO of Flik 42/J,
where he would remain until the end of the war.
After the war, Kenzian took part in battles as a pilot in
Carinthia. He also served in the Luftwaffe in the Second
World War. Georg Kenzian died of a heart attack
in Vienna in 1953.
Aircraft 153.27 was accepted by the air force
in September, 1917 and was assigned to Flik 55/J, where
it became the personal aircraft of Georg Kenzian von
Kenzianhausen. Flying this machine, he gained his fourth
and fifth kills on the 18th and 27th of November, 1917.
In December, the aircraft was damaged on landing and
stricken off charge in January, 1918.
Albatros D.III (Oef) 153.27,
flown by Georg Kenzian,
Flik 55/J, Pergine, Winter,
1917.