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steven brown · 1 July 2009, 06:52 PM

Reinout,
Thanks for the reply. I had not read that about Wolff and Richthofen. I've become interested in the tactics used by the pilots as the war progressed. By 1918, everybody had figured out what worked, I would think, and the obvious utility of the two man element must have occurred to someone.
I'm not at home so I don't have my notes or books, but I remember 3 or 4 pilots of a French squadron which flew together using mutual support to attack ballons and I've read that the Kests used quite complex tactics attacking the British bombers of the

Independent Force.

1 July 2009, 06:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
steven brown Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 238	Reinout, Thanks for the reply. I had not read that about Wolff and Richthofen. I've become interested in the tactics used by the pilots as the war progressed. By 1918, everybody had figured out what worked, I would think, and the obvious utility of the two man element must have occurred to someone. I'm not at home so I don't have my notes or books, but I remember 3 or 4 pilots of a French squadron which flew together using mutual support to attack ballons and I've read that the Kests used quite complex tactics attacking the British bombers of the Independent Force.