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Dear Richthofen!

April 21, 1918

"Letter from Lieutenant Hans Joachim Wolff to Lieutenant Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen Airport, 25 April 1918Dear Richthofen!I still can't believe it's true. It feels li...

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After the 80th

April 20, 1918

"Leutnant Hans Joachim Wolff recalled that, on the way back to Cappy, Richthofen went down very low so that everyone could recognize his red machine and waved to the infa...

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Testimony from First Lieutenant Lampel

April 2, 1918

"How Richthofen shot down his 75th. By Lieutenant Lampel By Lieutenant Lampel (From the ‘Liller Zeitung’ newspaper dated 1 May 1918) ‘Please take a seat,’ said Cava...

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Testimonial of Leutnant Lübbert

March 13, 1918

"MvR's latest triumph was muted by uncertainty about his brother. A participant in that fight, Leutnant Friedrich Wilhelm Lübbert, recalled: The Rittmeister was among...

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A visit to Schulte's gallery

January 20, 1918

"Georg von der Osten recalled: On a rainy day we drove back from Adlershof to Berlin by car. Not much had been accomplished at the tests owing to the rain. On the way...

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Richthofen as superior and comrade.

December 2, 1917

"Richthofen as a superior and comrade. By F. W. Lübbert, Leunant, Jasta 11I was filled with joy and pride when I received the news in December 1917 that Cavalry Captain v...

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MvR comments on von der Osten's 4th victory

November 30, 1917

"One of the backstaggered de Havillands was brought down at 1345 by Leutnant Georg von der Osten of Jasta 11, who later recalled of his fourth victory: "It crashed into t...

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Testimony from Captain Erich von Salzmann

December 12, 1917

"On one of those beautiful spring days in northern France, we were standing on the street in Douai when a small, rickety car came speeding along. My friend Hoffmann raise...

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An Encounter. By Emil August Glogau

September 30, 1917

"As I was travelling from Frankfurt to Berlin on the morning express train in the last days of September, a young Uhlan officer jumped onto the departing train in Gotha w...

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Prof. Dr. Wegener visits Jasta 11

April 12, 1917

"On the evening of 11 April, Prof Dr Georg Wegener, a correspondent for Die Kölnische Zeitung, had arrived at La Brayelle. To impress this guest, Richthofen had a telesco...

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Lothar recalls how MvR handled new recruits

February 21, 1917

"Lothar von Richthofen recalled his brother's early combat missions with Karl Allmenröder and Kurt Wolff: "At the time both had no experience at all and in aerial com...

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MvR trains on Fokker Eindecker

June 14, 1916

"His Staffel leader, Victor Carganico, recalled: "At the time he came to my Staffel as a two-seater pilot, he was already urging that I send him for two or three days to...

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Testimony of Herman Lohmeyer

January 1, 1917

"Testimony of Herman Lohmeyer (mechanic of Oblt. Wolff, Jasta 11): At the beginning of 1917 I joined Jagdstaffel 11 in the Douai-Arras area, at the time Manfred von Richt...

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Testimony of Georg von der Osten

August 11, 1917

"...On 11 August 1917, I arrived at Jasta 11 at Markebeke. Freiherr von Richthofen was wearing a head bandage as a result of a concussion shot in an air battle. He did no...

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Fragment of a letter from Otto Brauneck

July 12, 1917

"Excerpt from a letter from Otto Brauneck to his brother Hermann; ...Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen has been in the lazaret for over a fortnight now. It will...

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Fragment from a letter by Elisabeth Papendieck

April 13, 1917

‘Excerpt from a letter from Elisabeth Papendieck (born Brauneck), sister of Lt Otto Brauneck (Jasta 11) to Albert Flipts: ...he, together with a friend, reported to MvR.....

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