Christmas on the Somme

On the Somme, 28 December 1916 "Dear Mum! Dad and Lothar were both with me for Christmas Eve. - It was a memorable celebration. A Christmas like that in the field is more fun than you might think at home. Our celebration consisted only of a Christmas tree and a very good meal. Lothar made his first solo flight the following day. The first launch is a similar event. Yesterday I shot down my fifteenth Englishman after making a double two days before Christmas, No. 13 and 14. Your obedient son Manfred."