Oswald Boelcke, German aviator, WW1
Oswald Boelcke (1891-1916), German flying ace of the First World War. He is considered to be the father of the German fighter air force, and was the first to formalise rules of air fighting, which he presented as the Dicta Boelcke. Depicted here in the cockpit of his plane -- a commemorative portrait, soon after his death in action
Picture No
10638878
Media ID
48038166
Size
3600px x 4169px
(6.6MB)
Credit
(c)Robert Hunt Library/Mary Evans
Source
Robert Hunt Library
Date
circa 1916
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Airman Boelcke Cockpit Commemorative Dicta Oswald Rules
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