September 17, 1917
MvR in Schweidnitz
‘On 17 September Manfred telegraphed that he would arrive by air in the afternoon. We waited on the parade ground. At six o'clock the red aeroplane appeared, wh...
Richthofen in the front cockpit of Albatros C.IX 4508/16 at Hannover, Germany, ca. Sept/Oct, 1917. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)
‘On 17 September Manfred telegraphed that he would arrive by air in the afternoon. We waited on the parade ground. At six o'clock the red aeroplane appeared, wh...