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Oswald Boelcke

Oswald Boelcke
Oswald Boelcke, German captain and pilot (d. 1916)

Oswald Boelcke PlM was a World War I German professional soldier and pioneering flying ace credited with 40 aerial victories. Boelcke is honored as the father of the German fighter air force, and of air combat as a whole. He was a highly influential mentor, patrol leader, and tactician in the first years of air combat, 1915 and 1916.

19 May 1891

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