Jagdstaffel 14

Jasta 14
Active	1916–1918
Country	German Empire
Branch	Luftstreitkräfte
Type	Fighter squadron
Engagements	World War I

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 14 was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. As one of the original German fighter squadrons, the unit would score 57 aerial victories (including five wins over enemy observation balloons) during the war. In turn, the Jasta paid a price of eight killed in action, five wounded in action, and three taken prisoner of war.

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 14 was formed from a preceding ad hoc unit, Fokkerstaffel Falkenhausen, on 28 September 1916. It came into existence in the Armee-Abteilung A Sector. It served through war's end, before being disbanded as part of Germany's defeat.

Staffelführer Rudolph Berthold was one of Germany's leading aces of World War I, being in a tie for seventh place; he was awarded the Pour le Merite, Military Order of Saint Henry, and Iron Cross. Not far behind Berthold's 44 victories was Josef Veltjens, winner of 35 aerial duels, recipient of the Pour le Merite, Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, and Iron Cross.Paul Rothe won an Iron Cross as the squadron's preeminent balloon buster. Other squadron aces were Johannes Werner, Hans Bowski, and Herbert Boy.

Original equipment supplied the squadron upon its inception was seven Fokker biplanes, two Fokker Eindekker monoplanes, and one Halberstadt biplane. Eventually, the unit would be one of only three squadrons operating independently of a wing that would be totally equipped with Fokker Dr.Is. Squadron marking was a black and white band running the length of a squadron plane's fuselage.

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