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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. The loss ratio was estimated at 35:1 to 60:1 in favor of the ...
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 ...
Dicta Boelcke. Hauptmann (Captain) Oswald Boelcke, author of the Dicta Boelcke. 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.
Oswald Boelcke PlM (German: [ˈbœlkə]; 19 May 1891 – 28 October 1916) 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. He was a highly influential mentor, patrol leader, and tactician in ...
The Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte (German: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊftˌʃtʁaɪtkʁɛftə], German Air Combat Forces) – known before October 1916 as Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (The Imperial German Air Service, lit. "The flying troops of the German Kaiser’s Reich") – was the air arm of the Imperial German Army. [1]
Introduction. Basic fighter maneuvers (BFM) are actions that a fighter aircraft makes during air combat maneuvering, historically known as dogfighting. The development of BFM began with the first fighter aircraft, during World War I, then continued with each following war, adapting to the changing weapons and technologies.
World War I[j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in Europe and the Middle East, as well as in parts of Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by ...
Battles: Aviation in World War I (1914–1918) 1914 in aviation. Air combat of October 5, 1914 Raid on Cuxhaven (1914) Strategic bombing during World War I (1914–1918) German bombing of Britain (1914–1918) Bombing of London during the First World War. Operation Turk's Cross (1916) Harvest moon offensive (1917) Arrival of the Giants (1917 ...