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5 unusual facts about Max Immelmann


Aerobatic maneuver

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Immelmann turn

The aerobatic Immelman turn derives its name from a different maneuver altogether; the dogfighting tactic of World War I named after the German pilot Max Immelmann, and described above.

Max Immelmann

Both the E.3/15 machine earlier shared with Boelcke, and his own E.13/15 aircraft, both used to secure Immelmann's first five victories between them each had a seven-cylinder 80 horsepower Oberursel U.0 rotary engine for their power.

The British flight had just crossed the lines near Arras, with the intent of photographing the German infantry and artillery positions within the area, when Immelmann's flight intercepted them.

In the late afternoon of 18 June 1916, Immelmann led a flight of four Fokker E.III Eindeckers in search of a flight of eight F.E.2b reconnaissance aircraft of 25 Squadron Royal Flying Corps over Sallaumines in northern France.



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