Telegram to Privy Councillor Dr. Paasche

"General von Hoeppner to the Vice-President of the Reichstag WTB. Berlin, 25 April The Vice-President of the Reichstag, Privy Councillor Dr. Paasche, has received the following telegram: Headquarters, 25 April The warm words with which Your Excellency commemorated our greatest aviator in the Reichstag, and the honour bestowed upon the departed hero of the air by the assembled representatives of the people, fill the hearts of all members of the German Air Force with gratitude. We know that we are united with all of Germany in mourning our victorious fallen comrade. This awareness gives us the strength to bear the loss and strengthens our joyful certainty that Richthofen's lively energy will live on as a noble legacy in the hearts of all airmen and will continue to secure our air supremacy. The Commanding General of the Air Force, signed Lieutenant General von Hoeppner."