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MvR with his dog Moritz at Lechelle with Leutnant Erich Lowenhardt. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)
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The picture shows Rittmeister von Richthofen with his dog Moritz and squadron commander Karl Bodenschatz allegedly on 21st April shortly before Richthofen's last take-off. The book “Richthofen- Flieger” by Richard Wenzel describes the scene in which comrades tied a brake block to the dog's tail (as Richthofen had teased them beforehand). Other sources claim this at Lechelle, with Lieutenant Erich Lowenhardt.
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MvR with his dog Moritz at Lechelle with Leutnant Erich Lowenhardt. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace,...
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