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.

Publication date: 1928-01-29

Size: 27.8 x 18.6 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Temporal: 1916-10-28

Subject(s):

• 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,

Genre(s):

• Illustrations

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• 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.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (January 29, 1928), Rotogravure Magazine Section, p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Creator(s):

• Knight, Clayton, 1891-1969