Jagdstaffel 36

Jasta 36
Active	1917–1918
Country	German Empire
Branch	Luftstreitkräfte
Type	Fighter squadron
Engagements	World War I

Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 36, commonly abbreviated to Jasta 36, was a "hunting group" (i.e., fighter squadron) of the Luftstreitkräfte, the air arm of the Imperial German Army during World War I. The unit would score 123 confirmed aerial victories during the war, including 11 enemy observation balloons. In turn, they would suffer 13 killed in action, 15 wounded in action, two injured in flying accidents, and two taken prisoner of war.

Royal Prussian Jasta 36 was founded on 11 January 1917; however, it did not organize until 21 February. It began at FEA 13, Breslau, with its first commanding officer, Albert Dossenbach, assigned the following day. It scored its first victory on 5 April 1917; coincidentally, it was Dossenbach's tenth and made him an Überkanone. On 14 February 1918, it joined Jasta 2, Jasta 26, and Jasta 27 in Jagdgeschwader III; the newly created fighter wing was commanded by Bruno Loerzer. Jasta 36 would remain in action until disbandment after the armistice that ended the war.

Albert Dossenbach, the squadron's first commander, won a Military Merit Cross while an enlisted man; he later won its equivalent again as an officer, when he was awarded the Pour le Mérite ("Blue Max"), as well as earning the House Order of Hohenzollern and the Iron Cross. Another of the unit's Staffelnführer, Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp, also won the Blue Max, as well as the Military Order of Saint Henry and the Iron Cross. His brother Harry, another of the unit's commanders, won the Hohenzollern and Iron Cross, as did Hans von Häbler and Walter Böning.Hans Hoyer was awarded the Military Order of Saint Henry, as well as both classes of the Iron Cross. Theodor Quandt won the Hohenzollern.Alfred Hübner won the Iron Cross. Other aces serving in the squadron included Hans Hoyer, Kurt Jacob, and Richard Plange.

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