Oswald Boelcke PlM (German: [ˈbœlkə]; 19 May 1891 – 28 October 1916) was a World War I German professional soldier and pioneering flying ace credited...

month.[citation needed] After Max Immelmann's death, Kaiser Wilhelm II had ordered Boelcke grounded for a month to avoid losing him in combat soon after...

victories as a balloon buster in mid-July before going to the elite Jasta Boelcke. Bäumer claimed heavily, reaching 18 victories by year end. He was commissioned...

Kagohl 2 (Tactical Bombing Wing 2) commanded by Wilhelm Boelcke, elder brother of famous ace Oswald Boelcke. Teamed with a 47-year-old observer manning the...

award upon downing eight enemy aircraft. Aces Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke were the first airmen to receive the award, on 12 January 1916. It was...

von Richthofen had a chance meeting with German ace fighter pilot Oswald Boelcke which led him to enter training as a pilot in October 1915. In February...

Willi Alfred Boelcke was a German Economic and Social Historian, journalist, prolific author, essayist and retired university professor. The focus of...

of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the resignation of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck until the end of World War I and Wilhelm's abdication...

defining the realm of air-to-air combat, such as Max Immelmann, Oswald Boelcke, and Lanoe Hawker. One of the greatest of these "ace pilots" of World War...

Wilhelm Meyn (3 June 1923 – 4 May 2002) was a general in the German Air Force. During World War II, he served in the Luftwaffe and was a recipient of...