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September 16, 1916
"This photo was likely taken on 16 September 1916 when Oswald Boelcke and some of his pilots from Jasta 2 went to Armee-Flug-Park 1 to collect their new Albatros fighters...
March 11, 1917
"On 11 March 1917, Generaloberst Ludwig von Falkenhausen paid a visit to Jagdstaffel 11 at their La Brayelle airfield. Here he is pictured in the entrance of the field of...
September 29, 1917
"On 11 September, Guynemer left his base in a Spad XIII S 504 to carry out a patrol of the Langemark area. After nearly an hour into the flight he saw a German Rumpler, w...
January 31, 1917
"It came at a time when the German fighter force was starting to have problems with the Albatros D.II. His own machine had suffered a cracked wing the previous day, so th...
March 17, 1916
"Fortune smiled upon him when het met an infantryman/motor mechanic by the name of Josef Holzapfel, who was to remain as his trusted mechanic, alongside his orderly, Corp...
April 24, 1917
"MvR's father visits him at Douai."
December 26, 1914
"MvR watchs a Taube get shot down by a Nieuport over Verdun."
October 26, 1914
"MvR almost killed by artillery fire; his horse is killed."
October 16, 1914
November 19, 1917
"Richthofen's jagdgeschwader is also attached to our Army Corps and is right in the neighbourhood, but is at the disposal of the Army High Command only for special missio...
March 16, 1918
MvR at the funeral of Franz Bohlein (Jasta 10) 16 March 1918Jasta 10 was at Iwuy until 20 March 1918, so this could be Avesnes-Le-Sec's cemetery or Iwuy's.
January 1, 1934
However, this bedroom was not the room in the post-war museum that contained Richthofen's souvenirs. This was confirmed in a 1934 issue of Popular Flying that included th...
April 21, 1923
"View of Richthofen's bedroom in Schweidnitz, purportedly taken in the late 1920s. Along with the sundry serial numbers, rudders, and roundels on display are taxidermic h...
April 21, 2018
"MEMORY IN PERSPECTIVE REMEMBRANCE IN PERSPECTIVE 1 CIRCUIT, 4 MEMORIAL WORKS IN THE VAL DE SOMME Explore the Somme Valley and discover the new ‘Memory in Perspe...
April 25, 1918
"The grief in Germany was immense. Condolences poured in by the thousands.Much had been written about him, much had been said about him, countless legends had formed arou...
July 11, 1917
‘The first squadron to take off is Jagdstaffel 11, and no sooner have the aircraft disappeared into the grey sky than one of them returns. It is Lieutenant Wolff, who cli...
April 25, 1918
"General von Hoeppner to the Vice-President of the Reichstag WTB. Berlin, 25 April The Vice-President of the Reichstag, Privy Councillor Dr. Paasche, has received the...
April 23, 1918
"In the Reichstag, Vice President Dr. Paasche commemorated the heroic death of Cavalry Captain Baron von Richthofen: "A feeling of warm sympathy has been aroused in mi...
April 23, 1918
"In the Main Committee of the Reichstag Berlin, 23 April In the Main Committee of the Reichstag this morning, during the discussion of the Reich Army budget, Represent...
April 4, 1918
"Air combat in this world war is the remnant of chivalrous duelling. A hundred years ago, the leader of an army stood on a commander's hill, directing the battle from the...
July 6, 1917
"Since July 6th, Staff Office Marckebeeke, KortrijkseStr. 74."
May 3, 1916
"Dear Mum! Thank you very much for your birthday wishes. I had a very nice birthday here. In the morning, I had three very thrilling dogfights, and in the evening, I s...
August 9, 2022
October 1, 1990
"by NATO Secretary General Dr Manfred Wörner.I must describe my relationship with Manfred von Richthofen as very personal - and I have had this relationship since my chil...