English → Pictures

Victory 66

490

Victory 66 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 65

489

Victory 65 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 64

488

Victory 64 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 62

486

Victory 62 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 59

483

Victory 59 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 58

482

Victory 57 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

A modern aerial view of Richthofen's landing site in Comines, France. The 14th-century church Sint Medarduskerk is visible at upper right. La Montagne is lower right at the center of a highlighted circular area that depicts the 1 km radius within which Hans Schröder estimated the emergency landing field was located from his observation post. Points "a", "b" and "c" depict locations from which photos of Richthofen's downed Albatros were taken in 1917, "d" depicts the locations from which a view of the landing ground was taken in 2004, (underlying geographic image courtesy of Google Earth)

508

A modern aerial view of Richthofen's landing site in Comines, France. The 14th-century church Sint Medarduskerk is visible at upper right. La Montagne is lower right at the center...

Graphic depiction of the 6 JUly aerial battle. Rate of average altitude loss is dependent upon the time of the German attack and varies between accounts; thus, two are shown. Crosses mark Richthofen's estimated attack altitude and are plotted against each No. 20 Squadron altitude loss time frame, as well as Air Defense Officer Ltn. Hans Schröder's estimation of Richthofen's fall 15 minutes after the battle began. The roundel reveals that in both time frames No,10 Squadron triplanes arrived too late and too low to attack Richthofen before his wounded descent.

507

Graphic depiction of the 6 JUly aerial battle. Rate of average altitude loss is dependent upon the time of the German attack and varies between accounts; thus, two are shown. Cross...

"Top: Elevation of the bullet that struck Richthofen, travelling at 30 degrees above/below the horizontal. Note that if fired from below, the bullet must have passed through the lower port wing before striking the head. Below: Azimuth of the bullet that struck Richthofen, fired from eiter 10 or 4 o'clock. Either would have arrived from a blind spot. The dashed line indicates the bullet flight path is below - not through - the upper port wing."

506

"Top: Elevation of the bullet that struck Richthofen, travelling at 30 degrees above/below the horizontal. Note that if fired from below, the bullet must have passed through the lo...

An average skull of a mid-twenties European male is superimposed atop Richthofen's profile, with average tissue depths presented. The bandage and thus wound orientation atop the Lamboid suture is evident.

505

An average skull of a mid-twenties European male is superimposed atop Richthofen's profile, with average tissue depths presented. The bandage and thus wound orientation atop the La...

The wound as covered by the localized dressing. In this view the straps lay across the wide portion atop the dressing but they may have been integrated within it; known photographs do not depict this area in detail. In any event, though the wound is covered, the position of the dressing reveals the vertical orientation.

504

The wound as covered by the localized dressing. In this view the straps lay across the wide portion atop the dressing but they may have been integrated within it; known photographs...

Richthofen's wound after surgery, fully sutured with an "almond sized" portion of the skull exposed at center.

503

Although no photographs of Richthofen's tangential gunshot wound are known to exist, Medical illustrator David Peace's depiction, based on his personal experience with combat wounds and information furnished him by the author, reveals how a vertically-oriented (when viewed in profile) wound may have looked as it appeared to surgeons. This illustration graphically depicts the wound's severity beyond that of a mere graze. Normal scalp tension caused the wound to gape to a size of roughly 10 x 6 cmand expose enough of Richthofen's skull to reveal the Lamboid suture, visible here as a squiggly line at the extreme lower right aspect of the wound. Note some discolored scarring of the skull at center, which depicts the observed roughness/presumed bullet groove.

502

A montage of disappearing photographs that shows the location of the localized bandage on Richthofen's head.

501

This sketch reveales the general location of skull sutures. Richthofen's medical records indicate his wound was situated "left on the border between the occiput and the perietal bone", known as the Lamboid suture. (pictures source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

500

Colorized photo of Richthofen with nurse Oltersdorf. The date is unknown but likely between 20-25 July.

499

Richthofen and Wollf (with arm in sling) take a daytrip from the hospital to visit their comrades at Marckebeke, 20 July 1917. From left to right: (Top) Eberhard Monicke, Wilhelm Reinhardt, Nurse Weinstroth, Richthofen, Albrecht von Richthofen (Manfred's father), Guido Scheffer. (Middle) Franz Müller, Karl Bodenschatz, Joachim Wollf, Alfred Niederhoff. (Bottom) Konstantin Krefft, Otto Brauneck (who would be KIA six days later), Wilhelm Bockelmann, Wollf, Prof. Arnold Busch, Karl Meyer, Carl August von Schönebeck.

498

Victory 56

480

Victory 56 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 55

479

Victory 55 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 54

478

Victory 54 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 53

477

Victory 53 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 52

476

Victory 52 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 51

475

Victory 51 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)

Victory 50

474

Victory 50 (picture source: Thomas La Padula - Aviation Art)