6. If your opponent dives on you, do not try to get around his attack, but fly to meet it.
when you in ss3 or snipe, and facing an Fokker VII or se5, I am in doubt with it. But generally yes P.
Remember that Boelcke wasn't dealing with the artificial relationship between the number of engine boxes assigned each plane. He was concerned with tactical advantage. When attacked from above, a pilot basically had one of three options:
1) Dive. Unlike World War II aircraft, many of which could use a power dive to escape a bounce situation, World War I aircraft were limited in their ability to dive at high speed. Diving would only give an opponent the ability to shoot from behind.
2) Maneuver Around. This simply present the attacker with either a deflection attack from above or beside, without allowing any response.
3) Turn into the attack. Boelcke's instruction is to turn the disadvantageous situation into an even fight, with both aircraft attacking from head-on. This dicta isn’t about winning a fight, it is about breaking even.
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