You gave an interesting history lesson that I didn't know, David, thank you very much.
Originally Posted by
Telemaster Sales UK
The new squadron became operational in September 1916 flying the new Albatros D1 fighters. At the end of the following month Bohme and Boelke were attacking a British aeroplane when they lost sight of one another and Bohme's wheels hit the upper port wing of Boelke's aircraft which crashed to the ground and Boelke was killed. Bohme was very distressed, suicidal according to some reports but he carried on.
I think we saw the same thing happen with the recent unfortunate crash of a WW2 P-63 King Cobra crash into a B-17 Flying Fortress in Texas with the loss of all aircrew men. The P-63 pilot did not see the B-17 when banking. With the pilot sitting at the trailing edge the wings, the Albatross similarly has a blind spot, with the fuselage and lower wing obscuring a portion of visibility below the pilot.
Originally Posted by Telemaster
Sic transit gloria mundi.
So passes the glory of the world. It was the war to end all wars. Then came WW2, and multiple wars since. Now, it looks like we're at Word War III.