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BOXART STORY #7406
It is no coincidence that Max Müller became
the second most decorated German aviator of
the Great War, after Manfred von Richthofen.
The athletic and determined Müller had
already joined the Bavarian armed forces in
1907. He became the personal driver of the
Bavarian Minister of War, Otto Freiherr Kreß
von Kressenstein. By applying directly to his
passenger, Müller obtained a transfer to the
aviation training in December 1913. He became
a very experienced and courageous aviator.
Although he was a Bavarian, he felt at home
in Boelcke´s Prussian Jasta 2. Even after
being transferred in early 1916 to Jasta 28w
("w" indicates a Royal Württemberg unit) as
a five victory ace, he felt well accepted.
He liked a lot two of the commanders
of Jasta 28w, Lt. Schäfer and Hptm. Hartmann.
However, both were killed in action, Schäfer
in early June and Hartmann in early September
1917.
While Hartmann was still alive, Max Müller
was promoted to the rank of Leutnant on
August 26, 1917. This was the first such
promotion in the German armed forces. Müller,
who by then held the highest possible NCO
rank (Offiziersstellvertreter), was the victor
over 26 opponents. After his promotion, he
was immediately awarded both the “Blue Max”
and the Bavarian Medal in Gold in the first half
of September.
At the beginning of September 1917, Müller
had the fuselage of his machine painted red,
as at that time he was leading the Jasta 28w
in combat flights. Antonis Karydis' boxart
shows Müller in a dogfight with a Sopwith
Camel, which took place on 10 September at
19:30 over Houthulst Forest. It was probably
a machine from No. 70 Squadron RFC. During
the following day he forced another aircraft of
this type to land.
Hartmann's successor on 10 September
became Oblt. Jahns, on whose account
was only one air victory. At that time Max
Müller apparently began to doubt whether
his superiors would ever be willing to put
him in command of Jasta 28w. When Jahns
was killed in action on 24 September, Müller
apparently expected that his moment had
come and he would become commander of
the unit. To his disappointment, however,
command was given to Prussian Lt. Emil Thuy,
who accounted for about half the Bavarian
Müller's tally. Moreover, the two officers did
not get along very well. However, Müller, who
was to be assigned to a Bavarian fighter unit,
requested a transfer back to the Prussian
Jasta 2, whose designation had since changed
to Jasta Boelcke (Jasta B).
Müller was greeted with enthusiasm by
his old unit at the end of October 1917. Three
quarters of a year earlier he had left it as
a NCO and Boelcke's promising pupil with five
kills to his credit. He returned as an officer
with nearly thirty victories. He was at that
time the second most successful living fighter
pilot after Manfred von Richthofen.
When the commander of Jasta B, Lt.
Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp was killed on
6 January, Müller was put in command. To
his disappointment, he was not appointed as
a Staffelführer. However, he was determined
to earn the permanent post. The 8th of January,
he imparted to the pupils at a flight school the
experience of how to effectively attack two-
seater observation aircraft. The very next day,
he found himself in just such a situation when
he attacked a crew of RE.8 of No. 21 Squadron
RFC manned by Capt G. F. W. Zimmer and 2.Lt
H. A. Somerwille. They were attacked by seven
Albatros planes under Müller's command and
Somerwille fired on all the machines. Müller
broke away from the fight, his machine caught
fire and he seemed to jump out of the machine
in desperation without a parachute. SE.5s of
No. 60 Squadron subsequently joined the fight.
However, not even Müller´s comrades could
agree on the exact course of Müller's tragic
end. What is certain is that Müller was found
with a bullet in his chest, which must have
come from the defensive fire of RE.8. Ironically,
Capt. Zimmer (soon to receive the DFC) was
of German descent, as his father was an
immigrant born in Heilbronn, Württemberg.
Max Müller was the second most successful
Bavarian fighter after Rudolf Berthold, and in
March 1919 he was posthumously awarded the
Bavarian Military Max-Joseph Order, Knight´s
Cross, retroactive to November 1917. By this
act he was knighted and his name was now
given as Max Ritter von Müller. You can learn
more about this exceptional aviator in the
publications of Lance J. Bronnenkant, Greg
VanWyngarden, Bruno Schmäling and Jörn
Leckscheid.
Illustration: Antonis Karydis
The Bavarian Knight
Text: Jan Bobek
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