The famed Red Baron’s mentor, instructor, squadron commander, and friend, he exerted a tremendous influence upon the German air force. Paving the way for modern air forces across the world with his pioneering strategies, Boelcke had a dramatic effect on his contemporaries. With a total of forty victories, Oswald Boelcke was Germany’s first ace in World War I-and a century later he remains a towering figure in the history of air warfare, renowned for his character, inspirational leadership, organizational genius, development of air-to-air tactics, and impact on aerial doctrine. captures combat aviation at its inception” (MiG Sweep: The Magazine of Aviation Warriors).
This biography of the pioneering WWI flying ace who mentored the Red Baron is “fascinating . . .
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