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| rdfs:comment | - Leutnant Georg Meyer (11 January 1893 in Bremen, Germany – 15 September 1926) was a German World War I fighter ace credited with confirmed victories over six enemy observation balloons and 18 enemy aircraft. Meyer was one of the early German military aviators, volunteering on 1 February 1916. He would serve through the end of the war, rising to squadron command in the process. He would be recommended for Germany's highest award for valor, the Pour le Merite. Meyer remained in aviation postwar, and was head of aviation training at Magdeburg when he was killed in a motorcycle accident.
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| Unit | - FA 69, FA 253, Jagdstaffel 22, Jagdstaffel 7, and Jagdstaffel 37
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| Awards | - House Order of Hohenzollern, Iron Cross First and Second Class, Bremen's Hanseatic Cross
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| laterwork | - Head of aviation training school at Magdeburg
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| abstract | - Leutnant Georg Meyer (11 January 1893 in Bremen, Germany – 15 September 1926) was a German World War I fighter ace credited with confirmed victories over six enemy observation balloons and 18 enemy aircraft. Meyer was one of the early German military aviators, volunteering on 1 February 1916. He would serve through the end of the war, rising to squadron command in the process. He would be recommended for Germany's highest award for valor, the Pour le Merite. Meyer remained in aviation postwar, and was head of aviation training at Magdeburg when he was killed in a motorcycle accident.
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