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Flighttests at Adlershof airfield in Berlin in the company of other aces.

Flighttests at Adlershof airfield in Berlin in the company of other aces. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of...

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MvR & LvR in Avesnes-le-Sec.

MvR & LvR in Avesnes-le-Sec. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cass...

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Haus Richthofen.

Haus Richthofen. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 20...

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MvR with Austrian officers.

MvR with Austrian officers. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Casse...

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MvR tests a LFG Roland D.III as a potential replacement for the Albatros D.III.

MvR tests a LFG Roland D.III as a potential replacement for the Albatros D.III. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and ti...

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Miniature portrait of MvR.

Miniature portrait of MvR. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofe...

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MvR talking with a young admirer. This picture gives a good indication of MvR's short stature.

MvR talking with a young admirer. This picture gives a good indication of MvR's short stature. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographi...

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MvR ist berühmt.

MvR ist berühmt. (picture source: Red Baron, The Life and Death of an Ace, Peter Kilduff, A David & Charles book, 2007)

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Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen commandeur van het Jagdgeschwader Nr. 1.

Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen commandeur van het Jagdgeschwader Nr. 1. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

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(picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen a...

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Jasta 11 Albatros D.IIIs in Roucourt - Kriegsbilder Linzer Tages Post.

Jasta 11 Albatros D.IIIs in Roucourt - Kriegsbilder Linzer Tages Post. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Ma...

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Voß and MvR somewhere after 8 April 1917, after when Voß received his Pour le Mérite.

Voß and MvR somewhere after 8 April 1917, after when Voß received his Pour le Mérite. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life...

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fltr: Hans Weiss, LvR, Leutnant Eberhard Mohnike, Hauptmann Wilhelm Haehnelt, MvR. Lothar joined Jasta 11 on 10 March 1917.

fltr: Hans Weiss, LvR, Leutnant Eberhard Mohnike, Hauptmann Wilhelm Haehnelt, MvR. Lothar joined Jasta 11 on 10 March 1917. (picture source:...

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Boelcke's funeral.

Boelcke's funeral. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co -...

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Jasta 2's Albatros Scouts prepare for flight at Lagnicourt. Richthofen in his light-coloured pullover is training his field-glasses on the distant front line. Imelmann and Kirmaier stand close by.

Jasta 2's Albatros Scouts prepare for flight at Lagnicourt. Richthofen in his light-coloured pullover is training his field-glasses on the d...

A history in pictures

MvR as a member of Kampfgeschwader II, Kampfstaffel 8, (G. VanWyngarden)

MvR as a member of Kampfgeschwader II, Kampfstaffel 8, (G. VanWyngarden)(picture source: Royal Prussian Jagdstaffel 11 - Volume 1 - Bruno Sc...

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Karl Allmenröder and MvR discussing the coming day's operations. April 1917. The airfield is off to the right, the château within the trees on the left.

Karl Allmenröder and MvR discussing the coming day's operations. April 1917. The airfield is off to the right, the château within the trees...

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MvR, on the left, while talking to Krefft, Wolff and Brauneck, on the front steps of the château at Roucourt, April 1917.

MvR, on the left, while talking to Krefft, Wolff and Brauneck, on the front steps of the château at Roucourt, April 1917. (picture source: T...

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Jagdstaffel 11. Festner, Schäfer, Manfred, Lothar, Kurt Wolff.

Jagdstaffel 11. Festner, Schäfer, Manfred, Lothar, Kurt Wolff. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's...

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Jagdstaffel 11. Festner, Schäfer, Manfred, Lothar, Kurt Wolff

Jagdstaffel 11. Festner, Schäfer, Manfred, Lothar, Kurt Wolff (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde...

Mein Kriegestagebuch 1937

View of Richthofen's bedroom in Schweidnitz, purportedly taken in the late 1920s. Along with the sundry serial numbers, rudders, and roundels on display are taxidermic hunting trophies (left wall), the silver victory cups (far wall, center), and a table made of axial propellers (center foreground). Richthofen's bed is at far right. (Peter Kilduff)

View of Richthofen's bedroom in Schweidnitz, purportedly taken in the late 1920s. Along with the sundry serial numbers, rudders, and roundel...

Inside the victories - Volume 2

Colorized view of various items in Room 2, which among other things includes Hawker's machine gun, an interplane strut, section of propeller, a gunsight, flare guns, and a bell made out of an engine cylinder. The case at right contains Richthofen's famous silver cups and Ehrenbecher. (Lance Bronnenkant)

Colorized view of various items in Room 2, which among other things includes Hawker's machine gun, an interplane strut, section of propeller...

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