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March 6, 1917
"Schwarm I, led by Richthofen, took off at around 10:00 am, and as Schäfer later wrote: 'It was pretty hazy that morning. Geschwader II conducted a long flight without se...
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..."Our Schwarm II had been out in the morning without accomplishing anything. Swarm I got itself ready. Richthofen wanted to come along but had to stay home because of a...
March 5, 1917
..."Yesterday, the Staffel shot down no less than five English apparatuses, two of which crashed on fire, one burst in the air and two others smashed to the ground. The L...
February 10, 1917
Excerpt from Kurt Wolff's diary: "On the 6th, I attacked a B.E. at the same location with 50 rounds close up but it didn't go down. I shot it out with two Sopwiths (40...
July 19, 1917
"Carl-August von Schoenebeck brought up another side of Richthofen's personal conduct in one of his conversations with Bruno Schmäling: 'In July 1917 he had a significant...
March 18, 1916
"Josef Holzapfel in an interview in the 'Kölner Zeitung' of 22 April 1938: 'The officers slept in railroad cars and the rest of us slept in tents near the airplanes. We h...
April 29, 1917
"On the ground, after duty, Richthofen was like a boy with a wonderful sense of humour. While Jagdgeschwader I was stationed at Marckebeeke, Richthofen nicknamed (WIlhelm...
August 20, 1917
Carl Deilmann, a pilot who flew with Jasta 6 in the spring and summer of 1917, wrote the following to Dr. Heinz Penzlin of 'Die Welt' on 3 May 1978, copy Bruno Schmäling...
September 25, 1917
Alois Heldmann, who flew with Jasta 10 from November 1916 until the end of the war, confirmed MvR's relationship with NCO's in a conversation with Bruno Schmäling in 1975...
April 23, 1918
Walter Böning, Staffelführer of Jagdstaffel 76, first met MvR on 14 April 1918. When asked about Richthofen as a person, Böning said to Bruno Schmäling in 1975: "I only m...
December 7, 1917
Franz Hemer, a pilot in Jagdgeschwader I's Jasta 6 from September 1917 until the end of the war, explained during a long telephone conversation with Bruno Schmäling in 19...
December 6, 1917
Johann Janzen, pilot and later Staffelführer of Jagdstaffel 6 in Jagdgeschwader 1 from 16 October 1917 to 9 June 1918, reported to Alex Imrie: "Richthofen had an incredib...
December 5, 1917
Wilhelm-Gisbert Groos writes to Alex Imrie: "He gave you the feeling that he was never afraid, and that gave us courage and also helped us overcome some of our own fear....
December 4, 1917
Carl-August von Schoenebeck, who served with MvR in Jasta 11from July 1917 trhough January 1918, characterized his Geschwaderführer in this way during a conversation with...
April 21, 1917
"I met the 'older' Richthofen at Jasta 4 in Douai on the 17th. But that of course is the wrong expression and he made a great impression on me. He is actually quite young...
April 20, 1917
"Otto Brauneck, who was transferred to Jasta 11 on 9 April 1917, wrote to his parents on 20 April 1917: 'Everyone is very nice, especially Richthofen, who you don't addre...
April 17, 1917
"Richthofen is a remarkable person who cast a spell over us. He is able to inspire us and mold us into a very close-knit group. Each looked out for the other and Richthof...
August 25, 1917
From 'Die Woche 34' of 25 August 1917, p1150 after visiting Jasta 11 in April 1917."Richthofen is medium-sized, muscularly built, almost stocky. Bright eyes peer out unde...
March 27, 1918
"1635 hrs, one kilometre north of Chuignolles, south of Bray-sur-Somme. Bristol Fighter - 2, burned; Englishman. Seat of observer was closed, only one occupant. Weather:...
March 26, 1918
"1700 hrs, two kilometres north-east of Albert. RE old type, burnt; Englishman. A quarter of an hour after my first victory on this day, I detected in exactly the same sp...
March 26, 1918
"1645 hrs. Wood south of Contalmaison. Sopwith 1; burnt in the air. Englishman. Flying with five gentlemen of Jasta 11, at low level, I encountered a Sopwith single-seate...
March 25, 1918
"1555 hrs, above Bapaume-Albert road, near Contalmaison. Sopwith 1; burnt. Englishman (beginner). With five planes of Jasta 11, I attacked several low-flying English one-...
March 24, 1918
"1445 hrs, above Combles. SE5. Brought down behind the enemy's lines. During a protracted single-seater fight between ten SE5s and 25 machines of my own Group, I attacked...
November 30, 1917
"Combat Report: 1430 hrs, near Moevres. Englishman; burnt."