MvR Airplane · 114/17
Fokker Dr.I
Believed to be Fokker Dr.I 114/17, which Richthofen crash landed in Zilverburg Belgium, possibly after engine failure, 30 October 1917. The damage to the upper wingtips is consistent with standing a Fokker Dr.I on its n...
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Believed to be Fokker Dr.I 114/17, which Richthofen crash landed in Zilverburg Belgium, possibly after engine failure, 30 October 1917. The damage to the upper wingtips is consistent with standing a Fokker Dr.I on its nose. The dangling wire wrapped around the starboard interplane struts suggest he may have hit telephone or power lines just before landing, precipitating this crash. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von Richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)