Leutnant Rudolf Matthaei (10 November 1895 – 17 April 1918) was a German World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories.
[1][2] Rudolf Matthaei was born in Hildesheim, Saxony, on 10 November 1895.
By 22 November 1917, he had a string of nine victories credited to Jasta 21,[2] even though he had been posted to Jagdstaffel 5 in June and become its temporary commander in August.
On 21 February, he capped his career with his tenth win, when he shot down a Spad over Wavrin.
On 17 April, he spun in, crashed, and burned on his home airfield.