Offiziersstellvertreter Edmund Nathanael (18 December 1889 – 11 May 1917) was a World War I flying ace credited with 15 aerial victories.

He scored all his victories while flying for Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 5, and received a rare award of the House Order of Hohenzollern for his valor.

This unit operated two-seater reconnaissance aircraft and carried out the hazardous task of directing artillery fire from its aerial station.

The system conserved the single-seater fighter pilots, as they would not easily fall victim to rookie errors when they entered combat.

Nathanael was listed, without proof of sources and likely because of his surname, as a German of jewish faith / origins in the media on occasions.

[1] Extensive recent archival research has proven this to be untrue, he was of protestant faith and no jewish family connections could be traced over the last ca.