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AFC leading the funeral cortege with rifles reversed with officers following the coffin-carrying truck.

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April 23, 1918

MvR funeral

‘Two days after his death, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen is buried with full military honours (his coffin is carried by Australian officers of the same rank)...

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The Red Baron photographic
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

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