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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...
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    were hand-picked by Boelcke and indoctrinated in his Dicta through extensive training. During September and October 1916, Boelcke scored 21 more victories...
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    Boelcke, a German fighter ace during World War I, was the first to publish the basic rules for aerial combat manoeuvring in 1916, known as the Dicta Boelcke...
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    in mid-1916; this reorganization was inspired by Boelcke. At this time, Boelcke codified his Dicta, promulgating axioms for individual pilot success...
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    Oswald Boelcke was the first to analyze the tactics of aerial warfare, resulting in a set of rules known as the Dicta Boelcke. Many of Boelcke's concepts...
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    aggressive tactics, but Manfred observed a set of maxims known as the "Dicta Boelcke" to assure success for both the squadron and its pilots. He was not...
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  • history of aerial warfare and is included in the first rule of the Dicta Boelcke. Shaw, R. (1985) Fighter Combat, p. 295. Shaw, R. (1985) Fighter Combat...
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    trial and error. The German ace Oswald Boelcke created eight essential rules of dogfighting, the Dicta Boelcke. Both sides also made use of aircraft for...
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    (Fighter School) to teach his aerial tactics. The promulgation of his Dicta Boelcke set tactics for the German fighter force. The concentration of fighter...
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    available and was used by Oswald Boelcke to demonstrate his famous pioneering air fighting tactics (the Dicta Boelcke) to the new units (although he is...
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  • quickly – Punch hard – Get out! Dicta Boelcke, a First World War dictum on air combat, by German ace Oswald Boelcke Mannock's fifteen rules on air combat...
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    hand-picked pilots, trained at Valenciennes in new tactics based on the Dicta Boelcke. The first of the new aircraft for Jasta 2 arrived on 16 September....
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    formation flying and a combination of aggression and prudence known as the Dicta Boelcke, remained the core of Jagdstaffel practice in the Luftstreitkräfte fighter...
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  • before a broken fuel pipe forces it to end the mission. Oswald Boelcke's Dicta Boelcke, the first pamphlet on tactics for aerial warfare, is distributed...
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  • to the Floor" – 4:53 "To The Cars" – 4:39 "Screaming Ground" – 4:20 "Dicta Boelcke" – 1:30 They Came from the Sun at AllMusic GigWise The Line of Best...
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