April 23, 1918

Report from Reuters

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Coordinates 49.932804234339855, 2.5372532

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‘The English Marshal Haig reports that eleven German aircraft were shot down in aerial combat on 21 April. It turned out that one of the aircraft shot down was that of Cavalry Captain von Richthofen, who, according to his own account, had shot down over eighty Allied aircraft. His body was buried on Monday with full military honours.’

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