German naval enlisted fighter pilots

[Golden Diamonds]

I am curious if German naval enlisted men and petty officers were allow to become fighter pilots during World War I just like their counterparts in the German Imperial Air Service or was the German Naval Fighter Branch was restricted to officers only?

[Polar bear]

hi,

I'm not sure about "fighters" but there were enlisted men and petty officers as pilots, see the list of fatal accidents in this link (sorry, it's in German, scroll down)
http://www.holtenau-info.de/history/marineflieger.htm

greetings, the pb

[James A Pratt III]

Yes they were see the book "The Jasta Pilots" which does contain some errors but it does list the pilots of the MFJs (Marine Feld Jastas).