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Oswald Boelcke

Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke was author of Dicta Boelcke, 40 air victory ace, commander of Jagdstaffel 2 and mentor to numerous German fighter pilots. His Dicta remains a standard for fighter pilots even today. Boelcke and his close friend Erwin Bohme collided in a dogfight on October 28, 1916. Boelcke was killed in the resulting crash of his aircraft. He appears here in a postcard showing him before a group of British prisoners.

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Uploaded on January 3, 2020