Author: Johannes Werner
Publisher: Casemate
Keywords: german, ace, boelcke, oswald, germany, knight
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-10-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1935149113
ISBN-13: 9781935149118

The story of the fighter pilot the Red Baron himself sought to emulate . . .German air ace Oswald Boelcke was a national hero during World War I, and was the youngest captain in the German air force, decorated with the Pour Ie Merite while still only a lieutenant and with 40 aerial victories at the time of his death. He became a pilot shortly before the outbreak of the war, and when he was tragically killed in a flying accident during combat less than two-and-a-half years later not only was his name known all over the world but the whole of Germany mourned his passing. He established his reput