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Boelcke, Oswald

Date of birth:
May 19th, 1891 (Giebichenstein, German Empire)
Date of death:
October 28th, 1916 (Bapaume, France)
Buried on:
Dessau German War Cemetery
Nationality:
German

Biography

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Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
January 31st, 1915
Friedrich Kreuz
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1915
Ritter des Königlicher Preussischer Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
November 13th, 1915

With swords
IV. Klasse des Militärverdienstordens
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
November 30th, 1915
Rettungsmedaille am Band
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 24th, 1915
Ehrenbecher für den Sieger im Luftkampfe
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
January 12th, 1916
Pour le Mérite
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
July 23rd, 1916
Harp Madalyasi
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
July 31st, 1916

With swords
Ritter des Herzoglich Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1916
Order of Military Merit 4th Class
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
October 29th, 1916

With war decoration
Ritter III. Klasse zum Kaiserlicher Orden der Eisernen Krone

Sources

  • - Whitehouse, A., Flieger-Ase 1914-1918 (1970)
    - Franks, N., Albatros Aces of World War 1 (2000)

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