Fragment of a letter from Lt. Otto Brauneck

‘Fragment of a letter from Lt Otto Brauneck from Markebeke to home: Rittmeister von Richthofen is in the lazaret. He has an ugly graze to the back of his head, he is doing well, however. The bone is cool. Tomorrow I will visit him. Little Lt Wolff is with us again and is now leader of the Jasta 11. The Jagdgeschwader consists of four Jagdstaffeln stationed close together. We live in a beautiful castle that is at least even more beautiful than the one at Roncourt, in the park there is even a small pond with a boat. There are a number of newcomers in the Jagdstaffel, all capable chaps. Lt Groos shot 2 Englishmen during my absence and obtained the Iron Cross first class. For the moment, there is also a drawing artist here who is making pencil drawings of us all. This morning, I have to go. Music we have plenty here too.’