The Lufbery circle or Lufbery wheel, also spelled Lufberry or Luffberry, is a defensive air combat tactic first used during World War I.
While its name derives from the name of Raoul Lufbery, the leading fighter ace of the Lafayette Escadrille, he did not invent the tactic; how it acquired this name is not known, although it may be from his popularization of it among the incoming U.S. pilots he trained. In non-American sources it is in fact usually referred to simply as a "defensive circle".
The Lufberycircle or Lufbery wheel, also spelled Lufberry or Luffberry, is a defensive air combat tactic first used during World War I. While its name...
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single-seat aircraft such as the Bf 109. By flying in an ever-descending Lufberycircle, Defiant crews sacrificed the advantage of height but eliminated the...
made a head-on-attack with around 70 fighters. The Bf 110s adopted a Lufberycircle and one staffel of bombers jettisoned their bombs over Purley and Epsom...
attacked a formation of 15 P-40s. The Curtiss P-40s formed a defensive Lufberycircle. The combat ended after 30 minutes when the Macchis had no more ammunition...
MiG closing in from behind, then became locked into a Lufberycircle. When the MiGs broke the circle and tried to escape, both he and his wingmen destroyed...
maneuver that did emerge was the defensive Lufbery, in which several allied aircraft would fly in a circle so that any attackers trying to position against...
flying ace, Major Raoul Lufbery. With regards to flying, Rickenbacker said, "All I learned, I learned from Lufbery". Lufbery took Rickenbacker and Douglas...
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