Oswald Boelcke

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World War I flying ace fighter ace human military aviator tactician

Oswald Boelcke was a pioneering German World War I fighter ace and tactician, often regarded as one of the founding fathers of air combat doctrine.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War I flying ace → fighter ace → human → military aviator → tactician →
allegiance	German Empire →
awardReceived	Iron Cross 1st Class → Iron Cross 2nd Class → Knight's Cross of the Military Order of St. Henry → Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords → Military Order of St. Henry → Pour le Mérite →
burialPlace	Dessau →
causeOfDeath	aircraft collision → aviation accident →
commanded	Jagdstaffel 2 →
commemoratedBy	Luftwaffe traditions of fighter tactics →
conflict	World War I →
countryOfCitizenship	German Empire → Germany →
dateOfBirth	1891-05-19 →
dateOfDeath	1916-10-28 →
describedAs	one of the founding fathers of air combat doctrine →
father	Wilhelm Boelcke →
genre	military doctrine →
hasPart	Boelcke-Kaserne (named in his honor) →
influenced	Erwin Böhme NERFINISHED → Manfred von Richthofen → Werner Voss →
knownFor	founding modern air combat tactics → pioneering fighter aviation doctrine →
militaryBranch	Imperial German Army Air Service →
militaryUnit	Fliegerabteilung 62 → Kampfstaffel Metz →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableWork	Dicta Boelcke →
numberOfAerialVictories	40 →
occupation	military officer → pilot →
placeOfBirth	Giebichenstein → Halle (Saale) →
placeOfDeath	France → Somme → near Bapaume →
rank	Captain → Hauptmann →
sibling	Emil Boelcke → Friedrich Boelcke → Käthe Boelcke → Wilhelm Boelcke Jr. →
student	Manfred von Richthofen →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Blue Max → Pour le Mérite →	notableRecipient
Imperial German Army Air Service ("Dicta Boelcke") →	developedDoctrine
Imperial German Army Air Service →	notableMember
Oswald Boelcke ("Dicta Boelcke") →	notableWork