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Report by R.H. Barron
April 21, 1918
"62 Richmond Road, South Tottenham, London, NO. 15. On 21 April 1918, the 11th Section “F” Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, was deployed alongside the...
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Hermann Göring on April 21, 1918
January 1, 1930
'In ‘Unsere Luftstreitkräfte 1914 - 1918’ (Our Air Forces 1914 - 1918, Vaterländischer Verlag Weller, 1930), he writes: "The following is a clear and truthful account of...
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Fighter pilot!
May 3, 1916
'As can be read in a letter dated 3 May 1916, he felt ‘very comfortable in his new occupation as a fighter pilot’ – ‘I believe that no other position in the war could app...
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Third night on patrol
August 5, 1914
"Dear Mum! How are you all doing in these turbulent times? You are certainly safest in Schweidnitz. I am now on my third night on patrol in Russia. There are no German...
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Jagdgeschwader Richthofen
March 14, 1935
"The Reich Air Force has been created as a new branch of the Wehrmacht. It continues the glorious aviation tradition of the World War. The name of Baron von Richthofen an...
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On the Western Front
April 14, 1917
"When the young hero Boelcke fell, a deep mourning swept through the German people, accompanied by the feeling: 'We will never see his like again.' But the oath that the...
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Foreword (Italiaander)
April 21, 1938
"Young people choose their war heroes at their own discretion, not among the army commanders and generals, whom they certainly admire with reverence, but whose deeds and...
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JG1 Staff
July 6, 1917
"Since July 6th, Staff Office Marckebeeke, KortrijkseStr. 74."
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Lothar's craft
July 25, 1917
"Dear Mum! Thank you very much for your lovely letter, which I was really happy to receive. It's wonderful that Lothar is doing so well again, but he should make sure...
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Schäffer and Zeumer
June 18, 1917
"Dear Mum! Now that I'm back here, I'm continuing to work hard. I've just shot down No. 53. In Kreuznach, on the way back, I was invited to visit S. M. again, where I...
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Going home at the beginning of May
April 23, 1917
"Dear Mum! I plan to come home at the beginning of May, but first I want to go on a capercaillie expedition, to which I have already been invited and am very much look...
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Leader of Jagdstaffel 11
January 27, 1917
"Dear Mum! You are surely wondering why I haven't written. So much has happened in the meantime that I don't know what to write first. I have become commander of Fight...
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A Dorado for the fighter pilot
October 17, 1916
"In my entire life, I have never known a more beautiful hunting ground than during the days of the Battle of the Somme. In the morning, when you got up, the first English...
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Holck's funeral
May 3, 1916
"Dear Mum! Thank you very much for your birthday wishes. I had a very nice birthday here. In the morning, I had three very thrilling dogfights, and in the evening, I s...
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I haven't flown once again
January 11, 1916
"Dear Mum! Since I was in Schwerin for New Year's, I haven't flown once. Here in Berlin, it rains constantly, which means we can't get anywhere. And I would love to be...
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Hunting history
March 15, 1915
"Dear Mum! Now I finally have enough physical activity. All the days I don't spend in the trenches, I spend hunting. I'm quite proud of my hunted prey, three wild boar...
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Böhme writes
April 8, 1917
'From: Letters from a German fighter pilot to a young girl by Erwin Böhme. This morning I visited Richthofen, who has now become a cavalry captain. He had just shot do...
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Dear Richthofen!
April 21, 1918
"Letter from Lieutenant Hans Joachim Wolff to Lieutenant Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen Airport, 25 April 1918Dear Richthofen!I still can't believe it's true. It feels li...
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Thoughts in the dugout
August 26, 1917
"In my shelter, there is a lamp hanging from the ceiling that I had made from an aircraft engine. It comes from an aircraft that I shot down. I installed lamps in the cyl...
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The red fighter plane
May 20, 1917
‘Now I have written a book. It has been published by Ullstein and is called ’Der rote Kampfflieger" (The Red Fighter Pilot).Every day I receive letters and cards from peo...
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It's all about the fight
July 18, 1917
"The commander of a fighter wing must be in close proximity to his troops. It is unacceptable for him to reside somewhere in the rear, communicate with his pilots by tele...
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Testimony from First Lieutenant Lampel
April 2, 1918
"How Richthofen shot down his 75th. By Lieutenant Lampel By Lieutenant Lampel (From the ‘Liller Zeitung’ newspaper dated 1 May 1918) ‘Please take a seat,’ said Cava...
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A flight in a tethered balloon
February 17, 1918
"On a beautiful February day, I finally realised my long-held plan to ascend in a tethered balloon. A young gentleman from my squadron who shared the same desire joined m...
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Richthofen as superior and comrade.
December 2, 1917
"Richthofen as a superior and comrade. By F. W. Lübbert, Leunant, Jasta 11I was filled with joy and pride when I received the news in December 1917 that Cavalry Captain v...