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	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Oswald Boelcke
		Oswald Boelcke (May 19, 1891 - October 28, 1916) was a German air ace of World War I.
		The German air force (Luftstreitkräfte[?]) was reorganized in mid-1916 and Boelcke was appointed commander of his hand-picked group of Jagdstaffel Nr.
		Boelcke was killed when his Albatros D.II collided with that of Boehme during a dogfight with D.H. 2s flown by 24 Squadron of the RFC.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/os/Oswald_Boelcke (256 words)

	Oswald Boelcke
		Oswald Boelcke (May 19, 1891 - October 28, 1916) was a German air ace of World War I.
		The German air force (Luftstreitkräfte[?]) was reorganized in mid-1916 and Boelcke was appointed commander of his hand-picked group of Jagdstaffel Nr.
		Boelcke was killed when his Albatros D.II collided with that of Boehme during a dogfight with D.H. 2s flown by 24 Squadron of the RFC.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/os/Oswald_Boelcke.html (231 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Bio: Oswald Boelcke
		Oktober 1916 fiel Oswald Boelcke, nachdem er insgesamt 40 Luftsieger erzielt hatte.
		Oswald Boelcke was born 19-May-1891 in Giebichenstein near Halle/Saale, Germany.
		Oswald Boelck was buried on the EHRENFRIEDHOF (cemetery of honor) in his home town Dessau.
	www.worldwar1.com /biocgob.htm (998 words)

	Oswald Boelcke
		Boelcke was unfamiliar with the Gunbus, and it surprised him with its maneuverability.
		Boelcke and his pilots only flew in large, well-organized formations, dubbed "circuses." Any Allied plane that came within their section of the sky was doomed.
		Oswald Boelcke was buried in the cathedral at Cambrai, with senior German officers and nobility present.
	www.acepilots.com /wwi/ger_boelcke.html (1070 words)

	Oswald Boelcke - Definition, explanation
		Oswald Boelcke (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; he was the first to formalise the rules of air fighting, which he presented as the Dicta Boelcke.
		Boelcke was born in Giebichenstein, the son of a schoolmaster recently returned from Argentina.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/o/os/oswald_boelcke.php (472 words)

	The Flying Circus - A CFS2 Jagdstaffel
		Boelcke learned that it was far better to stay and continue mixing it up -- waiting for his opponent to make mistakes or flee -- than to break and run.
		Boelcke preferred to fly to within 100 yards or less before firing, to ensure hitting what he aimed at with his opening burst.
		Boelcke recognized that too many enemy were being allowed to escape and return to fight another day.
	www.freewebs.com /jagdgeschwader1/dictaboelcke.htm (2091 words)

	Oswald Boelcke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Boelcke was given command of Jasta 2 and allowed to select his own pilots.
		Boelcke not only fought, raising his own score into the thirties, he also taught his men the elements of and keys to successful air fighting.
		Oswald Boelcke died after a collision in the air, most probably with his friend Erwin Böhme, fighting the English 24th squadron.
	home.wanadoo.nl /jrm.rensen/wwar1/boelcke/oboelcke_e.html (510 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Oswald Boelcke
		Oswald Boelcke (1891-1916) was one of Germany's most successful fighter pilots until his death in 1916.
		Following Max Immelmann's death at the hands of George McCubbin on 18 June 1916 Kaiser Wilhelm II ordered that Boelcke be grounded for a month in order to avoid the potential loss of two national heroes within short order.
		A "pal's battalion" was comprised of soldiers raised in the same locality with the promise they would serve with their friends for the duration of the war.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/boelcke.htm (235 words)

	WW1ace info
		Oswald Boelcke was a blond, good-natured man who at 23 years of age had won the Iron Cross for carrying out more than fourty reconnaissance missions.
		It was Boelcke's sixth patrol of the day over the Somme, and in his haste to get airborne, had forgotten to strap himself into the cockpit — a mistake born from exhaustion that would soon prove fatal.
		Boelcke's star pupil, Manfred von Richthofen, claimed Lanoe Hawker VC as his eleventh victory on November 23rd, 1916 and on December 20th, 1916, he shot down and killed Capt. Knight.
	usfighter.tripod.com /ww1ace.htm (1746 words)

	Oswald Boelcke Biography
		Oswald Boelcke (May 19, 1891 - October 28, 1916) was a German air ace of World War I. He was born in Giebichenstein, the son of a schoolmaster recently returned from Argentina.
		In the same month, Boelcke and Max Immelmann became the first German fighter pilots, being given the first two Fokker E-I aircraft, fitted with a synchronized forward-firing machinegun.
		Boelcke won his first aerial combat on August 19, 1915 and downed four more enemy aircraft before the end of the year and he had four more 'kills' in January 1916.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Boelcke_Oswald.html (343 words)

	Oswald Boelcke
		The Boelcke Memorial at the "Ehrenfriendhof" in Dessau, Germany - a selection of photos made in August 2007 at the cemetery where Boelcke found his rest.
		Oswald's older brother flew with him as his observer early in the war and survived both World Wars only to die after a car accident in 1954...
		The Dicta Boelcke - the directions Oswald Boelcke once setup for his men are still followed today by the worlds top class fighter pilots.
	www.jastaboelcke.de /aces/oswald_boelcke/boelcke_main.htm (406 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> Oswald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Oswald of Northumbria, King of Northumbria in the 7th century
		Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, an animated cartoon character from the 1920s and 1930s, created by Walt Disney.
		Oswald Loomis, a fictional character and Superman villain the Prankster
	www.yourart.com /research/encyclopedia.cgi?subject=/Oswald (218 words)

	Dicta Boelcke - Organization of Jagdstaffeln and the demise of Boelcke
		Boelcke scored the unit's first victory, his 20th, on September 2nd, and on the 14th became the first pilot to score five victories with the Jasta.
		It was Boelcke's sixth patrol of the day over the Somme, and in his haste to get airborne, had neglected to strap himself securely into the cockpit — a mistake born from exhaustion that would soon prove fatal.
		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.
	www.geocities.com /aw3aw3/dicta.htm (2714 words)

	Luftfahrtgeschichte.com -Piloten Oswald Boelcke
		Boelcke visierte sein Ziel an, indem er sein Flugzeug geradeaus auf den Gegner richtete.
		Boelcke wurde daraufhin von seiner Inspektionsreise in den Balkan, die er nach dem Tod von Max Immelmann (18.06.1916) antrat, unverzüglich zurückbeordert und erhielt die Aufgabe zur Reorganisation der Luftstreitkräfte.
		Boelcke bildete seine Flugzeugführer geduldig aus, beobachtete sie sorgfältig bei jedem Zusammentreffen mit dem Gegner, wertete ihre Leistungen immer wieder aus, um sie weiter zu verbessern.
	www.luftfahrtgeschichte.com /buch11.htm (1068 words)

	WWI Flight Sims: Boelcke's Dicta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Oswald Boelke was the creator of eight rules for combat aviators, which became known as "Boelke's Dicta." These rules were used in WWI and again in WWII by French Luftwaffe pilots:
		Oswald Boelcke was a man who at 23 years old won the Iron Cross for completing over forty missions.
		Boelcke was a man who didn't go for aerobatics - he felt they should only be used when the enemy refused to stay still for a good shot.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /dav947/wwi/boelcke.html (647 words)

	Zum Todestag von Oswald Boelcke
		Oktober 1916, stieß das Fliegeridol des Ersten Weltkrieges, Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke, mit seinem Jagdeinsitzer in Nordfrankreich in der Luft mit seinem Kameraden, Hauptmann Erwin Böhme, zusammen und fand dabei den Tod
		Auch 90 Jahre nach seinem Tod ist Oswald Boelcke weiterhin präsent.
		Boelckes Ehrenhaftigkeit und Berufsverständnis solle, so Oberst Kuhn, in der heutigen Zeit, einer schnelllebigen und sich wandelnden Periode der Transformation, Ansporn sein neue Aufgaben und Herausforderungen in der Bundeswehr anzunehmen und kompetent umzusetzen.
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	Germany's aerial mainstay - The Albatros Fighters
		In the 1930s the RAF was convinced that airplanes flew too fast to use Boelcke's tactics, and came up with the "Fighting Area" attacks, which had closely-packed groups of fighters doing airshow formation changes as they sought the bombers preparatory to doing one-at-a-time attacks on the formation.
		Oswald Boelcke was born May 19, 1891, in Giebichstein, near Halle in Saxony, the son of a schoolteacher.
		Boelcke took to young Baron Manfred von Richthofen's fighting spirit, and the man who would put his teacher's words into action more than any other left the next morning to become part of what was being called Jasta 2.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/may/aviation/albatros_fighters.htm (4366 words)

	German Aces of WW1 - Oswald Boelcke
		In 1915, Boelcke was the pilot chosen to test Anthony Fokker's new machine gun synchronizing device.
		It was a great success and Boelcke used the new invention to become the first German ace.
		By the summer of the same year, Immelmann had been killed and Boelcke was Germany's leading ace.
	www.wwiaviation.com /aces/ace_Boelcke.shtml (315 words)

	IfHaS - Hallenser: Oswald Boelcke (Stadtjubiläum 1200 Halle an der Saale)
		Boelcke wechselte im Mai 1914 zur Fliegertruppe; in der Halberstädter Fliegerschule wurde er zum Piloten ausgebildet.
		Boelcke sprang, ohne zu zögern, hinterher und fischte den Jungen aus dem Wasser.
		Januar 1916 wurden Oswald Boelcke und Max Immelmann für ihren 8.
	www.ifhas.de /halhalhal/hallenser/boelcke/text.htm (525 words)

	Boelcke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Boelcke was born in Giebichstein, (near Halle, Saxony) the fourth child of six in a schoolteacher's family.
		Boelcke advocated re-organizing German air units to concentrate fighter strength.
		Oswald died in a crash landing on 28 October 1916, after a minor mid-air bump damaged the upper wing of his Albatros aircraft.
	www.lib.byu.edu /~rdh/wwi/bio/b/boelcke.html (376 words)

	MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN THE RED BARON WORLD WAR 1 FLYING ACE AND THE BLUE MAX MEDAL HISTORY
		Before we started Boelcke repeated to us his instructions and for the first time we flew as a squadron commanded by the great man whom we followed blindly.
		Boelcke was of course the first to see it, for he saw a great deal more than ordinary mortals.
		Boelcke drew away from his victim and descended in large curves.
	www.speedace.info /the_red_baron.htm (2416 words)

	Oswald Boelcke
		Boelcke used the devise to become Germany's first war ace.
		Boelcke was an important figure in the development of air combat and became a strong advocate of fighter units working in formation.
		Boelcke was of course the first to see it, for he saw a great deal more than ordinary mortals.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWboelcke.htm (1136 words)

	Oswald Boelcke - The Aerodrome - Aces and Aircraft of World War I
		In 1915, Boelcke was the pilot chosen to test Anthony Fokker's new machine gun synchronizing device.
		It was a great success and Boelcke used the new invention to become the first German ace.
		Author of the "Dicta Boelcke," he developed rules for air combat, many of which remain relevant today.
	www.theaerodrome.com /aces/germany/boelcke.html (395 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Boelcke was very influential in developing the tactics and organisation of the German Air Services fighter sqaudrons.
		He was the first German pilot to fly a fighter plane that had been fitted with Tony Fokker's interrupter gear.
		One example of this is trying to attack an enemy from dead behind, as this is a blind spot for most fighters.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~donaldob/redbaron/boelcke.htm (72 words)

	Oswald Boelcke
		swald Boelcke was born in Giebichenstein a district of Halle, eastern part of Germany, on May 19, 1891.
		As a Jagdstaffel commander he chose a certain Manfred von Richthofen as one of his disciple pilots.
		Oswald Boelcke died in the war after a crash with another German plane flown by Erwin Böhme on October 28, 1916.
	home.wanadoo.nl /jrm.rensen/wwar1/boelcke/boelck_e2.html (103 words)

	Model Power 6433 - Diecast Model Fokker Dr 1 Triplane Oswald Boelcke: The Flying Mule
		The Fokker Triplane will always be remembered by the general public and noted German pilot aces, as the favorite warbird of World War I. This airplane was designed for dogfighting, so it was engineered for quick climbing and for tight turning.
		One of the top twelve scoring German Aces of WWI, Capt Boelcke, at the start of the war in 1914, flew in France with his brother Wilhelm as his observer, by November 1915 he had received the Iron Cross, both 1st and 2nd Class and the prestigious Knight's Cross with Swords.
		In july 1915 Capt Boelcke was recalled to France and given the command of Jaste.
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	Oswald Boelcke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His family name was originally spelt Bölcke, but Oswald and his elder brother Wilhelm dispensed with the umlaut and adopted the Latin spelling in place of the German.
		Also in January 1916 he and Immelmann were the first German fliers to be awarded the Pour le Merite, Germany's highest military medal.
		After Immelmann was killed in June 1916, Boelcke became the top German ace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oswald_Boelcke (607 words)

	Price Compare ISBN 0405037856 Knight of Germany: Oswald Boelcke, German Ace (Literature and History of Aviation) by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		This is the story of Germany's great WWI ace Oswald Boelcke.
		Boelcke developed many of the air combat principles that are still valid today.
		Much of the book is made up of letters and diary entries written by Boelcke himself,which makes the book as much autobiograph as biography.
	www.directtextbook.com /prices/0405037856 (129 words)

	Aeroclub 1/48 Fe.2b, by Kyle Bodily
		Oswald was withdrawn from active service after the death of Max Immelmenn.
		Oswald Boelcke was a theorist and student of air combat.
		Oswald Bolcke attacked the lead FE.2b and brought it down near Equancourt where it was set on fire by its crew before they were captured.
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	Immelmann
		Oswald Boelcke familiarized themselves with the Fokker E-I's, "Eindekker" and their revolutionary new weapons.
		Boelcke and Immelman went after the departing Englishmen, but Boelcke's gun jammed after he had fired a few rounds.
		On January 12, 1916, Immelmann and Boelcke both scored their eighth victories, prompting their decoration with the Blue Max.
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