April was a deadly month for the Royal Flying Corps.
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
82: The Kornilov Affair
81: Maria Bochkareva and the Women's Battalion of Death
80: The Kerensky Offensive
79: The Battle of Messines Ridge
78: Lafayette, We Are Here
77: Only in Catastrophes
75: The Nivelle Offensive
74: The Battle of Arras
73: The Abdication of Tsar Nicholas
72: The Overt Acts
71: The Arsenal and the Bank
70: America
69: Neptune's Empire
68B: Fateful Decisions - The Allies - From the Aisne to Vladivostok
68A: Fateful Decisions - The Central Powers - From Alberich to Zimmermann
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TGWAC - Part 1: The Infancy of Airpower
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