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Oswald Boelcke

Oswald Boelcke

German aircraft pilot
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. Wikipedia
Born: May 19, 1891, Halle (Saale), Germany
Died: October 28, 1916 (age 25 years), France
Buried: November 2, 1916, Ehrenfriedhof, Lübeck, Germany
Commands held: Jagdstaffel 2 (Fighter Squadron 2)
Rank: Hauptmann (Captain)
Service/branch: Telegraphen-Bataillon Nr. 3 (Telegraph Battalion No. 3); Luftstreitkräfte (Air Force)