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August 17, 1917
'Richthofen's friend, whom he himself had designated as his successor, once wrote the following about the Richthofens: Richthofen's father was commonly referred to as ‘th...
August 2, 1903
‘Captain Freiherr von Richthofen has not returned.’ So reports the army bulletin, succinctly and bluntly. So it has happened after all! What no one dared to think about h...
April 29, 1917
"A description by the Berlin correspondent of the Allgemeines Handelsblad The reporter observed the flirtatious manoeuvres of an English pilot who, enveloped by the bu...
May 5, 1918
"Memorial speech by Dr Bülow at the funeral service at the grammar school in SchweidnitzHonourable attendees!We are now living in an enormously significant, perhaps the m...
April 24, 1918
Dear Mr. von Richthofen, What had long filled us with anxious concern—the possibility of losing your heroic eldest son—has now become a reality. I personally made cont...
April 25, 1918
"General von Hoeppner to the Vice-President of the Reichstag WTB. Berlin, 25 April The Vice-President of the Reichstag, Privy Councillor Dr. Paasche, has received the...
April 23, 1918
"In the Reichstag, Vice President Dr. Paasche commemorated the heroic death of Cavalry Captain Baron von Richthofen: "A feeling of warm sympathy has been aroused in mi...
April 23, 1918
"In the Main Committee of the Reichstag Berlin, 23 April In the Main Committee of the Reichstag this morning, during the discussion of the Reich Army budget, Represent...
April 23, 1918
"(Official) Berlin, 23 April On the occasion of the heroic death of Cavalry Captain Baron von Richthofen, the following obituary appeared in the ‘Verordnungsblatt für...
April 23, 1918
"War correspondent Scheuermann writes in the Tägliche Rundschau: At the Richthofen fighter squadron, 23 April On Sunday morning, Richthofen took off on a combat mis...
April 23, 1918
"The squadron of Cavalry Captain Baron von Richthofen, consisting of approximately thirty aircraft, flew over the English lines on the Somme on Sunday. After Richthofen h...
April 27, 1918
‘How Richthofen fell. Dr. Max Osborn in the ’B. Z.Am Mittag"Report by war correspondent Dr. Max Osborn(From the ‘B. Z. am Mittag’ of 27 April 1918)On the Somme, 24 April...
April 23, 1918
'Andre Tudesq, special correspondent for the Parisian newspaper ‘Journal’ on Richthofen's funeral Before the funeral, we wanted to pay our last respects to the mortal...
April 23, 1918
"The funeral of Baron von Richthofen turned out to be an impressive ceremony. The fallen enemy was buried in a pleasant little cemetery, not far from the place where he w...
April 23, 1918
‘The English Marshal Haig reports that eleven German aircraft were shot down in aerial combat on 21 April. It turned out that one of the aircraft shot down was that of Ca...
April 13, 1917
"Lothar writes: The squadron was divided into two groups, which meant that half the squadron always flew together. My brother flew as squadron leader, sometimes with one...
May 18, 1917
'Lothar writes: When Manfred achieved his fiftieth aerial victory, he was summoned to the Grand Headquarters. He quickly shot down his fifty-first and fifty-second target...
June 16, 1917
"Manfred was also extremely attached to his famous red bird. He shot down nineteen to fifty-two enemies with this machine. One day, Schäfer also wanted to fly the red bir...
April 23, 1917
‘Lothar recounts: “After the tenth kill, we received a picture of my brother with his signature at the squadron. I had earned and received this just three days earlier.”’
April 15, 1917
"Over time, you end up on many fronts. What I am about to tell you took place at Cambrai. In beautiful weather, my brother and I flew alone to the front. Explosions can b...
May 7, 1917
"It had just become known that the English had put a bounty on my brother's head. Every pilot over there knew him because he was still flying a red-painted plane on his o...
November 25, 1916
"Dear Mum! I send you my warmest birthday wishes and hope that this will be your last birthday during the war. My eleventh Englishman is Major Hawker, twenty-six years...
October 18, 1916
"Dear Mum! We've had bad weather here constantly, but I still shot down my fifth Englishman yesterday."
July 6, 1916
"Dear Mum! A few days ago, I crashed my Fokker. The spectators were quite astonished when I crawled out of the wreckage completely unharmed after quite a while. My goo...