Eduard Florus Harald Auffarth (also Auffahrt) (c. 1896 – 12 October 1946) Royal House Order of Hohenzollern,[1] Iron Cross,[2] Silver Wound Badge,[3] Hanseatic Cross,[4] was a World War I German fighter ace credited with 29 victories.

[citation needed] Eduard Florus Harald Auffarth's date and place of birth are unknown.

Auffarth transferred to flying fighters with Prussian Jagdstaffel 18 and recorded his first victory with them on 16 September 1917.

[7] He was appointed Staffelführer (commanding officer) on either 11 or 19 November 1917 (depending on source),[7] as an Oberleutnant and would lead the squadron for almost a year.

At any rate, he scored his first victory with them on 13 November and would eventually score a quarter of his new squadron's victories,[8] flying a succession of Albatroses, Fokker D.VIIs, and a rare Pfalz D.VIII, all in his personal colour scheme of yellow nose and green fuselage with a stylized eight-pointed comet on the side.

When his victory count reached 20 on 3 September 1918, as was customary, he was recommended for the Pour le Merite.

This was one of ten flying schools that surreptitiously supported covert military aviation training in Germany in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.

The school was closed in 1929,[citation needed] just before Germany began training military pilots deep within Russia.