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Old 18 August 2009, 08:41 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Hi,

No, Frankl was no 'pupil' of Boelcke. Perhaps they had a certain kind of pofessional exchange/ discussion...

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Hallo,
Thank you very much for all your help.
I have another question: in Dan McCaffery’s book “ Billy Bishop: Canadian Hero” it says on page 92 that Wilhelm Frankl was “studying under the great Oswald Boelke”.
Can anyone confirm that?
Thanks,
Richard
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