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Foreword to the 1933 edition of the Red Fighter Pilot
April 21, 1933
Vorwort zum 1933 Ausgabe der rote Kampflfiegers
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Introduction by Bolko Freiherr von Richthofen to the 1933 reprint of The Red Fighter Pilot.
April 21, 1933
"My brother Manfred. Even if a person is granted a long life, he will always remain to a certain extent a product of his origins and upbringing. But anyone who is called away fr...
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MvR eight years old
May 2, 1900
"When he was eight years old, he climbed the largest apple trees on the estate, which hardly anyone else could reach. But then he didn't let himself down from the trunk, but from t...
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Knee injury in the cadet corps
September 1, 1903
"Manfred only caused my parents serious concern once. He had suffered a serious knee injury in the cadet corps. A piece of cartilage in his knee had torn loose during a fall squat...
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Passion for equestrian sports
November 20, 1912
"When Manfred was commissioned as a junior officer in the Ulan Regiment No. 1, Emperor Alexander III, he became even more passionate about equestrian sports than before. After he h...
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Kaiserpreisritt
May 1, 1913
"Manfred has won many great prizes in show jumping competitions and cross-country rides. Most recently in the Kaiserpreisritt in 1913."
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No racing, instead war
July 28, 1914
"His ambition was to ride in big races in Breslau and in the capital of the Reich. For this purpose he had acquired a thoroughbred named Antithesis. But on the same day that the fi...
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I did that myself
May 2, 1900
"Because from the earliest days of his youth, Manfred had already shown samples of unusual energy. As an eight-year-old boy, my parents were expecting him one day from the railway...
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At that time he wanted to be a great cavalry general
August 1, 1903
"That's how Manfred got through his time as a cadet, even though this type of education and youthful treatment didn't suit him too well. But he gritted his teeth and never complain...
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I want to become a pilot
May 30, 1915
"When he joined the air force in May 1915, he literally answered my question as to why he had decided to do so: 'I don't want to be just an observer, I want to be an aeroplane pilo...
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Manfred was extremely truthful
May 2, 1904
"Manfred was extremely truthful. Even today, my mother cannot praise the extent to which my parents could always rely on him. He gave precise and clear answers to every question, r...
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The manor house is haunted
May 2, 1905
"He didn't underestimate the danger, but it didn't play a role in his life. That was the case from an early age. The girls claimed that the manor house was haunted. A servant had o...
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Army report
April 24, 1918
"Rittmeister Freiherr von Richthofen has not returned from pursuing an enemy over the battlefield on the Somme. According to an English report, he has been killed."
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Message of Kaiser Wilhelm II
April 24, 1918
"Major Freiherr von Richthofen, local commander in... To my great sadness, I have just received word from the Commanding General of the Air Force that your brave son, Rittmeister F...
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Message of General von Hindenburg
April 24, 1918
"Painfully moved by the news that your son has given his life for his fatherland, I offer you and your wife my deepest condolences. He will live on in the memory of the German peop...
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Message of General von Hoeppner
April 24, 1918
‘On the occasion of the death of Rittmeister Manfred Frhr. v. Richthofen, the Commanding General addressed the following telegram to Jagdgeschwader 1: ’The hope we all harboured th...
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Roy Brown tells
April 22, 1918
‘A. Roy Brown, the Canadian captain whose bullet killed Manfred von Richthofen, said the following about the dogfight he had with Manfred von Richthofen and in which the German was...
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To the brave and worthy opponent
April 23, 1918
"The Richthofen family received a detailed account of Richthofen's burial after his death from the British and American sides. It follows here: A high, deep tent had been cleare...
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Homecoming
November 14, 1925
"In the middle of 1925, our family decided to transfer the mortal remains of Manfred v. Richthofen to Germany and bury them in his native soil. The initial intention was to lay Man...
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Manfred has reached home
November 16, 1925
"It was midnight on Monday, 16 November, when a French locomotive of the French Northern Railway with only a coal tender and a goods wagon rolled very slowly over the Kehl Rhine br...
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Patriotic celebration
November 17, 1925
"The whole of Tuesday was taken up with negotiations between the German authorities in Kehl and the French occupation commander, who did not want to give permission for a patriotic...
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Triumphal journey through Germany
November 18, 1925
"On Wednesday at six o'clock in the morning, the carriage was routed from Kehl to Appenweiler, where it was attached to the scheduled Frankfurt D train. From now on, Manfred's last...
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Festive reception
November 18, 1925
"On Wednesday, 18 November, after ten o'clock in the evening, the train arrived in Berlin. A ceremonial reception was held at Potsdam railway station, attended by representatives o...
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Laying out in the Church of Grace
November 19, 1925
"On Thursday morning, the laying out took place in the Gnadenkirche. The zinc coffin had now been placed in a brown oak coffin, with the sword and Uhlan chapka on top. In front of...
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The burial
November 20, 1925
"The funeral took place on the afternoon of 20 November. The masses of people began to gather at lunchtime. Then came Reich President von Hindenburg, whom my mother and I greeted....
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It's all about the fight
July 18, 1917
"The commander of a fighter wing must be in close proximity to his troops. It is unacceptable for him to reside somewhere in the rear, communicate with his pilots by telephone, and...
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The red fighter plane
May 20, 1917
‘Now I have written a book. It has been published by Ullstein and is called ’Der rote Kampfflieger" (The Red Fighter Pilot).Every day I receive letters and cards from people who te...
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Thoughts in the dugout
August 26, 1917
"In my shelter, there is a lamp hanging from the ceiling that I had made from an aircraft engine. It comes from an aircraft that I shot down. I installed lamps in the cylinders, an...
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MvRs dad visits him in Lazaret 76
July 7, 1917
MvRs dad visits him in Lazaret 76
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