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How Boelke [sic], the German ace, met death
Illustration for the story "The red knight of Germany," written by Floyd Gibbons. Depicts the dogfight in which the German pilot, Oswald Boelcke, was killed.
1928-01-29
27.8 x 18.6 cm
Tribune Company
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- English
1916-10-28
- Air warfare--1910-1920
- Boelcke, Oswald, 1891-1916--Death & burial--1910-1920
- Military air pilots--German--1910-1920
- Fighter planes--British--1910-1920
- Fighter planes--German--1910-1920
- World War, 1914-1918--Air operations--German
- World War, 1914-1918--Casualties--German
- Gibbons, Floyd, 1887-1939. The Red Knight of Germany; the story of Baron von Richthofen, Germany's great war bird,
- still image
- text
- These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.
- The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection
- Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 29, 1928), Rotogravure Magazine Section, p. 5
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