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Original contract for "Der Rote Kampfflieger"
June 29, 1917
War Books 29 June 1917ContractBetween First...
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The Official Report
April 22, 1918
"SECRET REPORT ON THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN BARON VON RICHTHOFEN at 62D.J.19.b.5.2 about 11 am wqst April 1918. The following report is based on the evidence of eyewitn...
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The Third Medical Examination
April 22, 1918
Below are excerpts of Norman Franks' and Alan Bennett's book 'The Red Baron's last flight'. The book contains much more detail than below, and remains the ultimate refere...
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The Second Medical Examination
April 22, 1918
Below are excerpts of Norman Franks' and Alan Bennett's book 'The Red Baron's last flight'. The book contains much more detail than below, and remains the ultimate refere...
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4th Army Report
April 21, 1918
"The time came for the official British 4th Army Daily Report on Activity and Availability of Munitions, dated 21 April 1918 to be issued. Under Item 11 - General, it...
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Captain McGrigor's diary
April 22, 1918
"The information which the Commander-in-Chief of the British Fourth Army, General Sir Henry Rawlinson, had received until now was a little confusing. General Sir John Mon...
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Sergeant Popkin - The Fourth Claim
April 21, 1918
Below are excerpts of Norman Franks' and Alan Bennett's book 'The Red Baron's last flight'. It contains much more detail than below, and is the ultimate reference on the...
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Ground fire - The Third Claim
April 21, 1918
Below are excerpts of Norman Franks' and Alan Bennett's book 'The Red Baron's last flight'. It contains much more detail than below, and is the ultimate reference on the...
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209 Squadron - The Second Claim
April 21, 1918
Below are excerpts of Norman Franks' and Alan Bennett's book 'The Red Baron's last flight'. It contains much more detail than below, and is the ultimate reference on the...
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3 AFC - The first claim
April 21, 1918
Below are excerpts of Norman Franks' and Alan Bennett's book 'The Red Baron's last flight'. It contains much more detail than below, and is the ultimate reference on the...
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Lieutenant 'Wop' May's adventure
April 21, 1918
Below are excerpts of Norman Franks' and Alan Bennett's book 'The Red Baron's last flight'. It contains much more detail than below, and is the ultimate reference on the...
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Richthofen and Guynemer? No.
September 29, 1917
"On 11 September, Guynemer left his base in a Spad XIII S 504 to carry out a patrol of the Langemark area. After nearly an hour into the flight he saw a German Rumpler, w...
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MvR wounded - Schröder's version
July 6, 1917
"On the ground not far away was a German observation post, manned on this day by Leutnant Hans Schröder. After the war he wrote a book An Airman Remembers. A former soldi...
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MvR receives the Knight's Cross with Swords
May 9, 1917
MvR receives the Knight's Cross with Swords, of the Ducal Saxe-Ernestine House Order, from the Duchy of Coburg and Gotha
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MvR receives the Württenburg Military Merit Order
April 13, 1917
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Victory 49 - Hamilton's version
April 29, 1917
"According to the survivor of this encounter, Lieutenant W. N. Hamilton, the British patrol was not an ordinary one, but one especially ordered to deal with the Baron and...
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A cracked wing
January 31, 1917
"It came at a time when the German fighter force was starting to have problems with the Albatros D.II. His own machine had suffered a cracked wing the previous day, so th...
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Sergeant Popkin's crew
April 21, 1918
Australian machine gun crew that brought down MvR. Sergeant Cedric B. Popkin is at the trigger handles of the Vickers machine gun. To his left is Harry Heywood, and...
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Josef Holzapfel
March 17, 1916
"Fortune smiled upon him when het met an infantryman/motor mechanic by the name of Josef Holzapfel, who was to remain as his trusted mechanic, alongside his orderly, Corp...
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JG 1 moves to Cappy
April 12, 1918
"The grouphad moved there on 12 April, the officers being housed in the nearby château, just a short distance from the village itself. There were several airfields in clo...
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Deskjob? No thank you.
October 20, 1917
"MvR flies to Bad Kreuznach (GAFHQ) to see General Hoeppner, who tries to get MvR to take a desk job, but he declines."
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Father visits
April 24, 1917
"MvR's father visits him at Douai."
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Visiting Fokker at Schwerin
January 2, 1916
"Meets Anthony Fokker and is given a two-day tour of engine works."
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Going to the Fokker plant
January 1, 1916
"MvR takes four hour train ride to Fokker plant at Schwerin, north of Berlin."