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Victory 63
November 30, 1917
"And then the dance of death of the afternoon begins. Five Englishmen are shot down, including the commander's 63rd aerial victory. His meagre report: "With Lieutenant v....
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Transcription of the imperial congratulatory telegram
April 30, 1917
Transkription des kaiserlichen Glückwunschtelegramms
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Our aircraft
May 28, 1917
Unsere Flugzeuge
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Infantry, artillery and reconnaissance pilots
May 27, 1917
Infanterie-, Artillerie- und Aufklärungsflieger
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The Auerochs
May 26, 1917
Der Auerochs
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My brother
May 5, 1917
Mein Bruder
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MvR flies to Schweidnitz
May 19, 1917
‘A few days later, I arrived in my home town of Schweidnitz. Although it was seven o'clock in the morning, a whole crowd had gathered at the railway station. The welcome...
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MvR breakfast with Kaiser Wilhelm II
May 3, 1917
‘The next day I was invited to lunch with Her Majesty and travelled to Homburg for this purpose. There I had breakfast with Her Majesty, was also presented with a birthda...
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MvR flies to HQ to meet Kaiser Wilhelm II, Ludendorff and Hindenburg
May 1, 1917
‘Flight home Fifty are shot down. I thought fifty-two was better. That's why I shot down two more on the same day. It actually went against the agreement. I had actually...
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The »old man« comes to visit us
April 29, 1917
Der »alte Herr« kommt uns besuchen
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The Anti-Richthofen squadron
April 25, 1917
Das Anti-Richthofen-Geschwader
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Schäfer's emergency landing between the lines
April 20, 1917
Schäfers Notlandung zwischen den Linien
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English bombing raid on our airport
April 7, 1917
Englischer Bombenangriff auf unseren Flughafen
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Moritz
April 14, 1917
‘The most beautiful creature the world has ever created is the real Great Dane from Ulm, my ‘little lap dog’, ‘Moritz’. I bought him in Ostend from a good Belgian for fiv...
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My most successful day so far
April 13, 1917
Mein bisher erfolgreichster Tag
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First Dublette
April 2, 1917
Erste Dublette
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MvR appointed Captain
April 6, 1917
MvR appointed Rittmeister
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MvR appointed first lieutenant
March 22, 1917
MvR appointed Oberleutnant
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A little flying story
March 24, 1917
Ein Fliegerstückchen
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Shot down myself
March 6, 1917
Selbst abgeschossen
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English and French aviation
February 1, 1917
Englische und französische Fliegerei
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»Le petit rouge«
January 16, 1917
"For some reason, one fine day I had the idea of painting my bird bright red. The result was that my red bird was an absolute eye-catcher. Even my opponents seemed to be...
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MvR receives 'Pour le mérite'
January 21, 1917
"After two days - we were sitting comfortably at the Boelcke fighter squadron and celebrating my farewell - a telegram arrived from headquarters to say that Your Majesty...
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MvR appointed leader of Jasta 11
January 20, 1917
‘Then one day a telegram arrived: ’Lieutenant v. R. appointed leader of Jagdstaffel 11." I have to say, I was annoyed. I had worked so well with my comrades in Jagdstaffe...