Knight of Germany
Oswald Boelcke German Ace
Reeks: Vintage Aviation Library
Johannes Werner
- The
- story
- of
- the
- World
- War
- I
- fighter
- pilot
- the
- Red
- Baron
- himself
- sought
- to
- emulate
- .
- .
- .German
- air
- ace
- Oswald
- Boelcke
- was
- a
- national
- hero
- during
- World
- War
- I.
- He
- was
- the
- youngest
- captain
- in
- the
- German
- air
- force,
- decorated
- with
- the
- Pour
- le
- Mérite
- while
- still
- only
- a
- lieutenant,
- and
- credited
- with
- forty
- aerial
- victories
- at
- the
- time
- of
- his
- death.Becoming
- a
- pilot
- shortly
- before
- the
- outbreak
- of
- the
- war,
- Boelcke
- established
- his
- reputation
- on
- the
- Western
- front
- first
- in
- reconnaissance,
- then
- in
- scouts,
- before
- finally
- becoming
- the
- best
- known
- of
- the
- early
- German
- aces,
- along
- with
- Max
- Immelmann.
- After
- Immelmann’
- s
- death,
- he
- was
- taken
- off
- flying
- and
- traveled
- to
- the
- Eastern
- front
- where
- he
- met
- a
- young
- pilot
- called
- Manfred
- von
- Richthofen.
- Transferred
- back
- to
- the
- Western
- Front
- in
- command
- of
- Jasta
- 2,
- he
- remembered
- von
- Richthofen
- when
- new
- small
- fighting
- units
- were
- formed
- and
- chose
- him
- as
- a
- pilot
- for
- his
- new
- Staffel.
- Boelcke
- was
- tragically
- killed
- in
- a
- flying
- accident
- during
- combat
- in
- October
- 1916,
- although
- not
- before
- the
- reputation
- of
- his
- unit,
- together
- with
- his
- own,
- had
- been
- firmly
- established
- forever.This
- absorbing
- biography
- was
- written
- with
- the
- blessing
- of
- Boelcke’s
- family.
- Professor
- Werner
- was
- given
- access
- to
- his
- letters
- and
- other
- papers,
- and
- presents
- here
- a
- rounded
- and
- fascinating
- portrait
- of
- a
- great
- airman
- and
- a
- remarkable
- soldier
- who
- became
- known
- as
- the
- father
- of
- the
- German
- Jagdflieger.This
- edition
- has
- been
- completely
- reoriginated
- while
- remaining
- faithful
- to
- the
- language
- of
- the
- time
- of
- its
- original
- translation
- from
- German
- in
- the 1930s.
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