Paul Strähle
Paul frogs ( born May 20, 1893 in Schorndorf, † 1985) was a German aviator and fighter pilot.
Life
Frogs attended from 1908 to 1911, the Royal Württemberg college for precision mechanics, electro-mechanics and watch making in Schwenningen. Subsequently, he was employed by the NSU works until in 1913 he joined the aeronaut troops. There it was used, among other things on board airship Z VII. In 1915 he was trained as a pilot, after which he was employed in 1916 as a reconnaissance and from 1917 as a fighter pilot. In 1918 he was squadron commander of Jasta 57
After the end of World War II, he earned 1919 three demilitarized aircraft type Halberstadt CL.IV, however, were confiscated in 1920 and had to be thrown when the Reparation .. In 1921 he became the first private contractor license for mail and passenger flights, which he between Stuttgart ( Wasen ) and Constance, from 1922 also performed from Böblingen to Nuremberg in 1923, he had to stop due to financial difficulties his airlines. After that, his company specialized in aerial photography and recreational flying with parachute jumps. Between 1919 and 1938, frogs has made over 40,000 aerial photographs.