Who Was the Father of Air Combat?

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Seeing that the enemy respect him so much that they sent him a tribute is kinda heartwarming

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Nobody is the bad guy in ww1 that's what makes it more heartbreaking

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@@Strongnurgling there were a lot of ‘bad guys’ In the First World War, but as my great-grandfather described it, the war in the air was the “gentleman’s fight”. The amount of respect they had for each other is admirable

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Honestly! Just a question, why did Germany seem to have more aces than say, the UK? (tbf ik second to none about WW1 aerial combat, so maybe I'm completely wrong!)

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@@chicagotypewriter2094 I also know very little but if I had to guess, Germany took advantage of air combat first, they designed dedicated dogfighters before the allies. That or they were just that good lol.

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@@chicagotypewriter2094 its more that the german aces are more well known than allied ones, and due to the high death rate of pilots, whether be good or average, thus cutting alot of potential aces carreers short.

[@RogueAce93]

I KNEW IT!! Another one for the Amazing Aviators playlist!! Oswald Boelcke remains an important figure in the annals of military aviation! May his legacy live on with every generation of fighter pilots living by his rules and wisdom!

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Project Aces named an entire fictional country after him, in the Ace Combat game series. Its called Belka!

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I am also

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What a fascinating story, I never knew the real history of what happened to the pilot that wrote the infamous 'Dicta' Rules of Air Combat. Great vid as always, keep it up Yarnhub!

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My last name is of Prussian origin and my Father, who was born in 1919, always told us that Oswald was a distant relative. I have never confirmed that however. A nice short documentary. Thank you.

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It always amazes me how in WWI the air forces were so respectful of each other

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Then Japan came

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@@whatintheworld6413 not really much in WWI

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The air corps absolutely Army...not really

[@dannawaldman3175]

It depended on the pilot. Billy Bishop went for the man, not the machine. WW 1 was total industrial war where soldiers died nameless as they vanished into the French mud. There was far less hand to hand combat than in previous centuries. Regiments and battalions died by the hundreds of thousands in single campaigns by machine gun and artillery fire they never had a chance to even see. Dreams of honour quickly died in the first mass advance into enemy fire, and the years spent in deep trenches. In the same way, defeat in air combat was most often final. There were few parachutes, and for most of the war, the paper and wood machines flared like matches when hit with the incendiary and explosive bullets used by both sides. The colourful umbrella of chivalry was an illusion quickly shredded in the realities of life and death combat.Maybe it was what the pilots needed to keep going, to tell themselves that they mattered, and that their deaths meant more than that of the ground based soldiers.

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@@whatintheworld6413 Japan was on the Allies side in WWI.

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Seeing that wreath at the end is very amazing, proving that despite being in the darkest hours of WW1. Light will always reach us Edit: Well i am nothing short of impressed at the like count. Thank you everyone Edit 2: Mom I’m famous

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In darkness, there's always light at end.

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"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." -Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore 1994

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"omg wow they killed each other but they put flowers omg there is light in the darkness urgh..."

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@@neo-filthyfrank1347 But they celebrate Christmas together tho? Like, they both stopped fighting during WW1 on Christmas Eve so they can celebrate it together, if that's not heartwarming then idk what is

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@@BlueRGuy That's a completely different thing to what the OP was talking about

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My god you could easily turn this guy’s story into a german Topgun, the fact that he shaped the way aerial combat would be carried out along with his adventures are stuff movie producers would eat up

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The fact he flew with his brother and did alot with his brother just shows how strong brotherly love is

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Boelcke's death was probably one of the major factors in Manfred's depression and the fact that he watched it all play out from start to end probably didn't help that much either

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That, or it could have been the bullet he took in the back of the head.

[@AJ--212]

imagine just watching the man responsible for your success plummet to his death while being completely helpless, must have been awful

[@KOMET2006]

Erwin Boehme - whose aircraft had partially collided with Boelcke's on October 28, 1916 - had to be dissuaded from taking his own life after Boelcke's death.

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I remember Roald Dahl narrating in Going Solo about how amazed he was at the fact that machine guns could shoot through propellors! And that was in the 40s. I'd imagine it'd be unheard of in the 1910s. Still mindboggling to me to this day!

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Fokker invented firing safetly through the prop blades in 1916.

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Yeah it was a critical thing to have at the time…

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@@badbeardbill9956 better than dueling with standard issue pistols

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@@davehoward22wasn’t it Morane-Saulnier, and then the technology was captured and improved for the eindecker?

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A Great Airman, and a Greater Foe! He was indeed, without question the Father of Air Combat. Over 100 years later, his tactics are still taught and used. Thank-you again Yarnhub for your selfless dedication in pursuit of historical truth.

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What I love about the great war is that despite all the he'll the common man was put through a fair amount of them were extremely chivalrous. Many stories often go with a hero and a villain. But when it's the great war. We all were fighting for the freedom we believed

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A great tribute, to a great man. Rest in peace Captain Boelcke.

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[@91Redmist]

The chivalry shows that the opposing flyers weren't really 'enemies' in the truest sense of the word. Just pawns in a game that had to be played out militarily. RIP to Boelke, and deep respect to the RFC for their gesture.

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Holy shit, those two legendary pilots met?! Richthofen and Boelcke?!

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I KNEW it was going to be Oswald! Beautifully done video. Love the work you’re doing.

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The Dicta Boelcke 1. Try to secure advantages before attacking. If possible, keep the sun behind you. 2. Always carry through an attack when you have started it. 3. Fire only at close range, and only when your opponent is properly in your sights. 4. Always keep your eye on your opponent, and never let yourself be deceived by ruses. 5. In any form of attack it is essential to assail your enemy from behind. 6. If your opponent dives on you, do not try to evade his onslaught, but fly to meet it. 7. When over the enemy's lines never forget your own line of retreat. 8. For the Staffel (squadron): Attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do not go for the same opponent. Even today they still apply.

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What I love about these stories is how deep they are, and the fact that they are stories below the surface of history. From Belgium Pilot who took manners into his own hands, to this video where we see history change for air combat. It's just so intriguing to hear history we wouldn't even have know!

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The ending gave me chills where the British plane came by 2 days later. You never see or hear something like that nowadays in war. I feel like people respected each other no matter where you came from and people keeping their word ment something. I love these videos, keep it up!!!

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8:27;Manfred's Albatros DII,in which he recorded his first 16 kills,which included our Major Lanoe George Hawker VC and resulted in him being given his first command of Jasta 11,had a thin white stripe around the engine cowling.

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'Riding into the sunset' animation for most of your aerial combat video's ending gives me goosebumps... The same feeling I get each time I see a Missing Man formation. And loved the way how you created the stories of two great Aces with similar scenes in both your videos.

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I think it was Udet that once said when he had the enemy plane in his sights for the first time he decided he didnt want to kill such a helpless fellow soldier of the skies until the observer shot him in the face with a machine gun... Voss Manfred Rickenbacker and Boelcke were the real deal! Ace of aces! When your up there it was very real with little actual honor accept perhaps some of the last fleeting moments of the past chivalry knights brought to life again! These are the guys I read about as a kid and these are the guys that made me successful when I went into the military myself to do what your suppose to do.

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Fantastic video! I did a video on the German air Legends : Oswald Boelcke and his masterful student the Red Baron, and I think that these two men had a major impact on the theory of dogfighting.

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Besides Bölcke, Immelmann, von Richthofen; Erich Lowenhardt, Eduard von Schleich, Werner Voss, Rudolf Berthold , Ernst Udet were some of feared German WW1 pilots.

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Awesome Just found out that he was the instructor of legendary Red Manfred Baron Von Ritchthofen, Max Immelman's freund and one of the first Fokker Eindekker Pilots. Kapitan. Oswald Boelcke 1891-1916 Salute

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Excellent job! It's always interesting how despite the horrors of war, mankind can still show respect and admiration to someone who was clearly an ace. There are many people who far exceed the requirements of duty. In this day of "quiet quitting" we need to show the honor in going above and beyond. Knowing that people did so without question, when death was a very real possibility is amazing. One such story that needs to be told is about Witold Pilecki.

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Oswald Boelcke was a fantastic aviator and the father of all dogfights. His lessons are essential in all aerial combat even to this day. It’s just a shame that he died so…disgracefully. Even so, he was respected by friend and foe alike and none can argue that.

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5:49;Oberleutnant(1st "Leftenant")Max Immelmann was killed on 18th June 1916 when the Fokker EIV was already in frontline service. Immelmann DID NOT BURN,his old EIII that he was flying at the time(his EIV was undergoing bullethole repairs) shook itself to pieces after British FE2b gunner/observer Corporal Waller damaged it with machinegun fire.The damage caused the interruptor gear to malfunction and Immelmann shot off his own propeller.Before he could satisfactorily switch off and glide down the vibrations of the damaged engine caused his Eindekker to disintegrate in midair. The 'Eagle of Lille' was killed in the ensuing crash. Flieger Abteilung(flying section) 62 lost Immelmann that day AND Boelcke as Von Hoeppner(Luftstreitkräfte C.O.)chose to send him on a tour of the Eastern Front so they didn't lose their 2 top aces at that time. They still had the yet unknown Max mulzer in their ranks however. The Pour le merite or Blue Max was named after Max Immelmann. R.I.P. ALL winged brothers.

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