Talk:Oswald Boelcke

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Removed minor vandalism. Skip Jordan 14:40, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

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I've made some corrections, basing on sources:

• He didn't "come under the tutelage of Max Immelmann", because Immelmann had similar skill at that time, and none of them had air victories by then.
• there was: "Boelcke won his first aerial combat on July 4, 1915" - in fact he was a pilot, while his observer shot this plane down. The first 'real' victory of Boelcke himself was on September 19.
• In January 1916 he was still Flying Fokker E.IV, not "a new biplane". Pibwl 19:31, 18 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Hello, I´m from the German wikipedia and I want to tell you that the correct name is "Boelcke"; the name was not used with an umlaut. Greetings --195.243.129.130 11:33, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)(User Grimmi59_rade in the German wikipedia)

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I added this:

"Among them were his famed combat rules, called "Boelcke's Dicta", which were the first systematic analysis of air combat and continued to be applicable through World War Two."

I'm inclined to say they form the basis of all fighter tactics, for they certainly were copied (if unconsciously) by Claire Chennault in Pursuit Aviation, & many Dicta are still applicable, but I don't know enough about it. Anybody want to take it on? Trekphiler 05:34, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation

Is his name, Boelcke, really pronounced as "bowl-key"? I heard it like this on a show on the History Channel and was kind of surprised.. I guess I had only read about him up to that point, and reading doesn't necessarily mean I'll get the pronunciation right :) FranksValli 08:51, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, just found a video on YouTube with the pronunciation as "bowl-ka", which is a lot closer to what I had in mind (although I was thinking of it simply pronounced as "bulk"). FranksValli 09:02, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rewritten: "Death in Action"

I've completely rewritten that section of the article for historical reasons. There were several errors made in it which have also been corrected. To accompany this fact, I've added more information on the great ace than was previously available. Apologies for it taking 6 edits, however, but my enter key became stuck.

VonV (talk) 21:18, 6 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Minor Point

I would suggest that the referral to Lanoe Hawker having been shot down by von R. should be amended to reflect that he was the most famous RFC pilot of the time; others came along later who became much more famous. Scoop100 (talk) 15:56, 7 February 2008 (UTC)