The staff of this unit consisted of 70 pilots, 40 reconnaissance pilots, and other aviation specialists.
The officers' cars followed them and these began to be used to rescue downed reconnaissance pilots in the battle areas.
"Willi" Fahlbusch was that rarity in the Luftstreitkräfte, a reconnaissance pilot who became an ace.
Later, after receiving a bullet in his leg, he served as a reconnaissance pilot.
Oh, so you're the long-range reconnaissance pilot, eh?
In his new assignment he served as photographic reconnaissance pilot, squadron adjutant, and personnel officer.
Schuck initially wanted to become an aerial reconnaissance pilot, flying the Dornier Do 17.
About ten years later Dad wanted to write a book about a reconnaissance pilot much like Gary Powers who, instead of being captured, escapes.
In September 1915, Scaroni was assigned as a reconnaissance pilot with Squadriglia 4a.
He then transferred to aviation duty, training originally as a reconnaissance pilot before advancing to become a fighter pilot.