November 20, 1925

Transfer of Richthofen to Germany.

Transfer of Richthofen to Germany.

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Transfer of Richthofen to Germany.

Pour le Mérite-Ritter tragen den Sarg, dahinter gehen Mutter Richthofen und der Reichspräsident von Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall a. D. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

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The von Richthofen family wishes to have his body repatriated to Germany. For political reasons, the Red Fighter pilot is buried at the Invalids' Cemetery in Berlin. He is given a simple gravestone.

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