Leutnant Kurt Hetze was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Leutnant Kurt Hetze joined Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 13 in June 1918. He scored his first aerial victory flying with them, downing a SPAD on 11 June. On 25 June 1918, he scored again, shooting down a Bristol F.2 Fighter from No. 48 Squadron RAF south of Albert at 1250 hours. Hetze received the Iron Cross First Class (which presupposes prior award of the Second Class Cross) on 21 July 1918.