Life Before Aviation
Carl Degelow was born in Münsterdorf, Schleswig-Holstein, in the Kingdom of Prussia.
Before World War I broke out, Degelow worked in the United States as an industrial chemist. His specialty was the manufacture of cement, and he was known to have visited Chicago and El Paso. As a result of his travels, he was fluent in the English language.
He returned to Germany just before World War I erupted and enlisted in Nassauischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr 88.
Degelow initially served with distinction in this infantry regiment in both France and Russia. He was seriously wounded in the arm in Russia in 1915, and commissioned in July 1915 while he was still hospitalized.
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