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April 21, 1938
"Young people choose their war heroes at their own discretion, not among the army commanders and generals, whom they certainly admire with reverence, but whose deeds and achievemen...
April 14, 1917
"When the young hero Boelcke fell, a deep mourning swept through the German people, accompanied by the feeling: 'We will never see his like again.' But the oath that the air force...
April 8, 1917
'From: Letters from a German fighter pilot to a young girl by Erwin Böhme. This morning I visited Richthofen, who has now become a cavalry captain. He had just shot down number...
March 14, 1935
"The Reich Air Force has been created as a new branch of the Wehrmacht. It continues the glorious aviation tradition of the World War. The name of Baron von Richthofen and his figh...
August 2, 1914
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May 3, 1916
'As can be read in a letter dated 3 May 1916, he felt ‘very comfortable in his new occupation as a fighter pilot’ – ‘I believe that no other position in the war could appeal to me...
January 1, 1930
'In ‘Unsere Luftstreitkräfte 1914 - 1918’ (Our Air Forces 1914 - 1918, Vaterländischer Verlag Weller, 1930), he writes: "The following is a clear and truthful account of the death...
April 21, 1918
"62 Richmond Road, South Tottenham, London, NO. 15. On 21 April 1918, the 11th Section “F” Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, was deployed alongside the Bray-Corbi...
April 21, 1918
"Fenton House 112/113, Fenchurch Street London, E. C. 3. I have read Mr Robert Barron's report on the death of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, which I confirm in every detail....
May 10, 1918
"Dear Major, With the advance and the daily strain of flying, I have not had the opportunity to thank you for your kind words. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the memorial...
August 1, 1918
"Dear Major, Having been appointed commander of the Freiherr von Richthofen fighter squadron by order of the Kogenluft (i.e. Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force), I would like t...
January 1, 1938
"However, anyone travelling eastwards to Schweidnitz, the birthplace of Manfred von Richthofen, should visit the Richthofen Museum, which has been set up in his parents' house, to...
December 27, 1910
"It is hereby certified that His Royal Prussian Cadet Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, in the presence of over 100 witnesses, most of whom are of impeccable character, shot and kil...