Leutnant Ludwig Hanstein (20 January 1892 – 21 March 1918) HOH, Bavaria's MMO[1] was a World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories.
[3] While repelling a British strategic bombing raid on 12 October 1916, he used a Fokker D.II fighter plane to force down a RNAS Sopwith 1½ Strutter onto Freiburg Airfield[4] by wounding its pilot through the neck.
[5] Taking a transfer as a Vizefeldwebel on 31 October 1916,[3] Hanstein shifted to Royal Bavarian Jagdstaffel 16,[6] whose theater of operations was generally the French sector of the Western Front.
[7] About ten minutes after scoring his final victory on 21 March 1918,[9] Hanstein was killed in action by Herbert Sellars[2][4] and his aerial observer Charles C.
[3] Sellars' combat report stated, "I did a sharp turn to the left, my observer firing at 75 yards range into the nearest enemy aircraft, which burst into flames and was seen to crash north of Morchies.