MvR funeral

17GW493 - 17GW502 Richthofen was buried with full military honours, with much saluting and presenting of arms, on 22 April 1918 at Bertangles. Six Australian pilots served as pall bearers. However, some of the local people did not view the Boche warrior and slayer of their aviators with the same respect and that night the grave was desecrated. (

17GW493 - 17GW502 Richthofen was buried with full military honours, with much saluting and presenting of arms, on 22 April 1918 at Bertangles. Six Australian pi...

Australian troops march with Richthofen's body during 1818 funeral

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17GW498 picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd

Australian troops firing a gun salute at Baron von Richthofen's funeral, Bertangles Cemetery.

Der Feind ehrt den toten Gegner. Ehrensalve über das Grab Richthofens

Australian troops lower Richthofen's casket in Bertangles Cemetery

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17GW501 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

17GW502 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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No. 3 Squadron, AFC, contributed a broken R.E.8 propeller to be fashioned into a Christian symbol suitable for Richthofen's grave marker. (Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

What remains today of MvR's grave in Bertangles.

What remains today of MvR's grave in Bertangles. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

MvR's coffin being carried from the AFC camp.

MvR's coffin being carried from the AFC camp. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen...