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Oswald_Boelcke abstract "Oswald Boelcke (German: [ˈbœlkə]; 19 May 1891 – 28 October 1916) was a German flying ace of the First World War and one of the most influential patrol leaders and tacticians of the early years of air combat. Boelcke is considered the father of the German fighter air force, as well as the "Father of Air Fighting Tactics"; he was the first to formalize rules of air fighting, which he presented as the Dicta Boelcke. While he promulgated rules for the individual pilot, his main concern was the use of formation fighting rather than single effort.Germany's premier ace, Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), had been taught by Boelcke and continued to idolize his late mentor long after he had surpassed Boelcke's tally of victories.".
Oswald_Boelcke allegiance "German Empire".
Oswald_Boelcke award Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite.
Oswald_Boelcke birthDate "1891-05-19".
Oswald_Boelcke birthPlace Halle_(Saale).
Oswald_Boelcke birthYear "1891".
Oswald_Boelcke deathDate "1916-10-28".
Oswald_Boelcke deathPlace Douai.
Oswald_Boelcke deathYear "1916".
Oswald_Boelcke militaryBranch Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte.
Oswald_Boelcke militaryUnit Jagdstaffel_2.
Oswald_Boelcke serviceEndYear "1916".
Oswald_Boelcke serviceStartYear "1911".
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Oswald_Boelcke allegiance German_Empire.
Oswald_Boelcke awards "Pour le Mérite Myron".
Oswald_Boelcke birthDate "1891-05-19".
Oswald_Boelcke birthPlace "Giebichenstein; near Halle (Saale)".
Oswald_Boelcke branch "Telegraphen-Bataillon Nr. 3, Luftstreitkräfte".
Oswald_Boelcke caption "Oswald Boelcke in 1916 with the Pour le Mérite at his neck.".
Oswald_Boelcke dateOfBirth "1891-05-19".
Oswald_Boelcke dateOfDeath "1916-10-28".
Oswald_Boelcke deathDate "1916-10-28".
Oswald_Boelcke deathPlace "Near Douai".
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Oswald_Boelcke name "Boelcke, Oswald".
Oswald_Boelcke name "Oswald Boelcke".
Oswald_Boelcke placeOfBirth "Giebichenstein near Halle (Saale)".
Oswald_Boelcke placeOfDeath "Near Douai".
Oswald_Boelcke quote "Boelcke is no longer among us now. It could not have hit us pilots any harder. On Saturday afternoon we were sitting on stand-by alert in our aerodrome blockhouse. I had just begun a chess match with Boelcke—it was then, shortly after 4 o'clock during an infantry attack at the front, that we were called. As usual, Boelcke led us. It wasn't long before we were flying over Flers and started an attack on several English aeroplanes, fast single-seaters, which resisted efficiently. In the following wild turning-flight combat, which allowed us to take shots only in short bursts, we sought to force down our opponent by alternately cutting him off, as we had already done so often with success. Boelcke and I had the one Englishman evenly between us, when another opponent, hunted by our friend Richthofen, cut directly in our path. As fast as lightning, Boelcke and I took evasive action simultaneously, and for one instant our wings obstructed our view of each other—it was then it occurred. How I am to describe my feelings to you from that instant on, when Boelcke suddenly emerged a few meters on the right from me, his machine ducked, I pulled up hard, however nevertheless we still touched and we both fell towards the earth! It was only a slight touching, but at the enormous speed this still also meant it was an impact. Fate is usually so senseless in its selection: me, only one side of the undercarriage had torn away, him, the outermost piece of the left wing. After a few hundred meters I got my machine under control again and could now follow Boelcke's, which I could see was only somewhat downwardly inclined in a gentle glide, heading towards our lines. It was only in a cloud layer at lower regions that violent gusts caused his machine to gradually descended more steeply, and I had to watch as he could no longer set it down evenly, and saw it impact beside a battery position. People immediately hurried to his assistance. My attempts to land beside my friend were made impossible because of the shell craters and trenches. Thus I flew rapidly to our field. The fact that I had missed the landing, they told me of only the other day—I have no recollection of this at all. I was completely distressed, however I still had hope. But as we arrived in the car, they brought the body to us. He died in the blink of an eye at the moment of the crash. Boelcke never wore a crash helmet and did not strap himself in the Albatros either—otherwise he would have even survived the not at all too powerful of an impact. Now everything is so empty to us. Only little by little does it come fully to our consciousness, that within the gap which our Boelcke leaves, the soul of the total is missing. He was nevertheless in each relationship our leader and master. He had an irresistible influence on all, even on superiors, which had to do purely with his personality, the all naturalness of his being. He could take us everywhere. We never had the feeling that anything could fail if he were there, and almost everything succeeded as well. In these one and a half months he has been with us we have put over 60 hostile aeroplanes out-of-action and made the dominance of the Englishmen shrink from day to day. Now we all must see that his triumphant spirit does not sink in the Staffel. This afternoon the funeral service was in Cambrai, from where the parents and brothers escorted their hero for burying at the cemetery of honour in Dessau. His parents are magnificent people—courageously accepting the unalterable with all the pain they feel. This gives me some solace as well, but nothing can be taken away from the sorrow over the loss of this extraordinary human being.".
Oswald_Boelcke quote "I am after all only a combat pilot, but Boelcke, he was a hero.".
Oswald_Boelcke quote "One day we were flying, once more guided by Boelcke against the enemy. We always had a wonderful feeling of security when he was with us. After all he was the one and only. The weather was very gusty and there were many clouds. There were no aeroplanes about except fighting ones. From a long distance we saw two impertinent Englishmen in the air who actually seemed to enjoy the terrible weather. We were six and they were two. If they had been twenty and if Boelcke had given us the signal to attack we should not have been at all surprised. The struggle began in the usual way. Boelcke tackled the one and I the other. I had to let go because one of the German machines got in my way. I looked around and noticed Boelcke settling his victim about two hundred yards away from me. It was the usual thing. Boelcke would shoot down his opponent and I had to look on. Close to Boelcke flew a good friend of his. It was an interesting struggle. Both men were shooting. It was probable that the Englishman would fall at any moment. Suddenly I noticed an unnatural movement of the two German flying machines. Immediately I thought: Collision. I had not yet seen a collision in the air. I had imagined that it would look quite different. In reality, what happened was not a collision. The two machines merely touched one another. However, if two machines go at the tremendous pace of flying machines, the slightest contact has the effect of a violent concussion. Boelcke drew away from his victim and descended in large curves. He did not seem to be falling, but when I saw him descending below me I noticed that part of his planes had broken off. I could not see what happened afterward, but in the clouds he lost an entire plane. Now his machine was no longer steerable. It fell accompanied all the time by Boelcke's faithful friend. When we reached home we found the report "Boelcke is dead!" had already arrived. We could scarcely realize it. The greatest pain was, of course, felt by the man who had the misfortune to be involved in the accident. It is a strange thing that everybody who met Boelcke imagined that he alone was his true friend. I have made the acquaintance of about forty men, each of whom imagined that he alone was Boelcke's intimate. Each imagined that he had the monopoly of Boelcke's affections. Men whose names were unknown to Boelcke believed that he was particularly fond of them. This is a curious phenomenon which I have never noticed in anyone else. Boelcke had not a personal enemy. He was equally polite to everybody, making no differences. The only one who was perhaps more intimate with him than the others was the very man who had the misfortune to be in the accident which caused his death.".
Oswald_Boelcke rank Hauptmann.
Oswald_Boelcke serviceyears "1911".
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Oswald_Boelcke source "Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Battle Flyer".
Oswald_Boelcke source "—Erwin Böhme, letter to fiancée".
Oswald_Boelcke source "—Manfred von Richthofen, September 1917".
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