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Among the staff officers accompanying General Sixt von Armin was the Officer in Charge of Aviation, Hauptmann Helmuth Wilber, who made his own inspection of JG 1 accompanied by Richthofen and Bodenschatz. (picture source: Richthofen, Beyond the legend of the Red Baron, Peter Kilduff, Arms and Armour, 1993)

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Manfred Frhr. v. Richthofen

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Todesanzeige des Jagdgeschwaders für seinen gefallenen Kommandeuer

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The house in Swidnica. With the kind permission of u/royal-seal on Reddit.

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Der alte Herr zu Besuch in Schloß Roucourt, Mai 1917. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

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The commemorative sign close to the Bertangles Cemetary. (picture source: self, December 2023)

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MvR speaking to General Ernst von Hoeppner, General Officer Commanding the German Air Service, with Oberst Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen, on the left. The latter was Chief of the General Staff to the Commanding General of the Air Service (May 1917). (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

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MvR's handkerchief and scarf (picture source: The Red Baron's Last Flight - Norman Franks - Alan Bennett)

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MvR using a ladder to get into the cockpit of his Albatros D.III. Note the unpainted patched bullet hole in the fuselage aft of the cockpit. (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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Close-up view of the plaque. The inscription reads: ‘Memorial for Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Born 2 May 1892. Fell on 21 April 1918. (Left) To the most successful combat pilot of the World War. (Right) To the undefeated victor of 80 aerial combats. (Below) Erected in the year 1928 from contrib-utions of his grateful homeland’ (Old Postcard).

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Öffentliche Bekanntmachung des Todes von Richthofens (hier in der Weimarschen Landes-Zeitung)

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Erfahrungsbericht Seite 12, Quelle BArch PH 17/23

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MvR taking of from Moorsele. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

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MvR, his mother Kunigunde, sister Ilse and brother Bolko. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

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Urlaubsflug in die Heimat. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

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Erz. v. Hoeppner, Kommandierender General der Luftstreitkräfte, begrüßt Manfred. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)