MvR using a ladder to get into the cockpit of his Albatros D.III. Note the unpainted patched bullet hole in the fuselage aft of the cockpit.

MvR using a ladder to get into the cockpit of his Albatros D.III. Note the unpainted patched bullet hole in the fuselage aft of the cockpit. (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)