Talk:Oswald Boelcke

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Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
October 1, 2018	Good article nominee	Listed
July 7, 2022	WikiProject A-class review	Approved
August 12, 2022	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
November 17, 2022	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on December 7, 2018. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Oswald Boelcke* has been described as the father of air combat tactics, the organization of squadrons, and the German Air Force?*
A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on January 12, 2021.
Current status: Former featured article candidate, current good article

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Hello,

The following German sources are available for use by a German-speaker:

"Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945: Spezial-, Hilfskriegs-, Hilfsschiffe, Kleinschiffsverbände" by Erich Gröner

"Rettungsaktion Ostsee 1944/1945" by Martin Schmidtke.Georgejdorner (talk) 01:33, 22 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]