Richthofen's bandaged digit is seen in this photograph with comrades (from left) Rittmeister Hans Freiherr von Köntitz, Leutnant Hans ReichsFreiherr Haller von Hallerstein and Leutnant von Katte at Brieftauben-Abteilung Ostende's airfield at Ghistelles, Belgium.

Richthofen's bandaged digit is seen in this photograph with comrades (from left) Rittmeister Hans Freiherr von Köntitz, Leutnant Hans ReichsFreiherr Haller von Hallerstein and Leutnant von Katte at Brieftauben-Abteilung Ostende's airfield at Ghistelles, Belgium. (picture source: Red Baron, The Life and Death of an Ace, Peter Kilduff, A David & Charles book, 2007)