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Richthofen sits on a Fokker Triplane wheel for an informal pose with his dog Moritz. The airplane appears to be inside a tent hangar and either is extraordinaryly clean or Richthofen had a cavalier regard toward oil stains on his fur coat.

Richthofen sits on a Fokker Triplane wheel for an informal pose with his dog Moritz. The airplane appears to be inside a tent hangar and either is extraordinaryly clean or Richthofen had a cavalier regard toward oil stains on his fur coat. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

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Richthofen sits on a Fokker Triplane wheel for an informal pose with his dog Moritz. The airplane appears to be inside a tent hangar and either is extraordinaryly clean or Richthofen had a cavalier regard toward oil stains on his fur coat.

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