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The Dicta Boelcke is a list of fundamental aerial maneuvers of aerial combat formulated by First World War German flying ace Oswald Boelcke. Equipped with one of the first fighter aircraft, Boelcke became Germany's foremost flying ace during 1915 and 1916.
German-Soviet Air War 22 June 1941 was the largest one-day air battle in military history. [13] The battle involved both aerial dogfights and airstrikes on Soviet airbases . Around 14,000 combat aircraft took part in air war 22 June 1941, with more 2,000 combat aircraft destroyed.
ISBN 978-5-87787-214-1. The United States Air Service in World War I – usaww1.com; The League of World War I Aviation Historians and Over the Front Magazine – overthefront.com; First World War in the Air at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography; 1989 WWI aviation documentary featuring interviews with the last three surviving American aces ...
The Luftwaffe lacked an effective air defence system early in the war. Allied daylight actions over German controlled territory were sparse in 1939–1940. The responsibility of the defence of German air space fell to the Luftgaukommandos (air district commands), which controlled the anti-aircraft artillery (AAA), the civilian Aircraft Warning Service, and fighter forces assigned to air ...
Operation Bodenplatte ([ˈboːdn̩ˌplatə]; "Baseplate"), launched on 1 January 1945, was an attempt by the Luftwaffe to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries during the Second World War. The goal of Bodenplatte was to gain air superiority during the stagnant stage of the Battle of the Bulge so that the German Army and Waffen-SS ...
The 30,000 soldiers were likely the only combat-ready reserve forces in Germany at the time. [1] However, only two of the Army's units were paratrooper divisions. Student was transferred to the Eastern Front, and on 18 November 1944, command of the First Parachute Army passed to General der Fallschirmtruppe Alfred Schlemm , who opposed the ...
Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe 1934 bis 1945—Teil 1—Vorkriegszeit und Einsatz über Polen—1934 bis 1939 [The Fighter Units of the German Air Force 1934 to 1945—Part 1—Pre-War Period and Action over Poland—1934 to 1939] (in German). Eutin, Germany: Struve-Druck. ISBN 978-3-923457-54-0.
Diorama depicting air combat in the Pacific theatre during World War 2. The history of aerial warfare began in ancient times, with the use of kites in China. In the third century, it progressed to balloon warfare. Airplanes were put to use for war starting in 1911, initially for reconnaissance, and then for aerial combat to shoot down the recon ...