August 21, 1917
MvR is ordered not to fly
MvR is ordered not to fly
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"And as if they had sensed over there in the enemy air camps themselves that the shooting down of this man (Dostler) was a huge piece of work, they now took a break in the fighting.
The commander of Flieger 4 immediately sent an order:
"Enemy is obviously sparing his air force. The same must also be done with us during the lull in fighting, as far as possible.
I draw your attention to army order of 12 August, paragraph II, and ask you to report if this aspect is not sufficiently taken into account."
Paragraph II concerns Rittmeister von Richthofen and draws his attention to the fact that he should only be deployed if absolutely necessary."
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Bodenschatz - Jagd in Flanderns Himmel
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