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Old 13 June 2018, 01:35 PM   #1
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Boelcke looping the loop

In front of these two people Oswald Boelcke looping the loop for the first time with an armed Fok. E type. The left one was impressed, and Boelke his favorite in lifetime.
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Old 16 June 2018, 11:19 PM   #2
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Hallo Obral,

The fellow at right could well be Hermann Kastner.
At left? Hmmm. If I were to offer an uninformed guess —*Major Stempel?
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The new Feldflugchef Hermann Thomsen, 22. July 1915. And Kastner, of course.
"Die dicken und die dünnen Waden" comment of the photograph.

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Hallo Obral,

Right. That name was eluding me.
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