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Then the leading German air ace, Oswald Boelcke, chats with Lt. Höhne seated in the cockpit of a D.H.2 from No. 24 Sqdn, RFC, which he had shot down as his 24th victory. MvR looks on.
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An enthusiastic horseman, Manfred (left) is seen at the horse trials held in Breslau in 1913.
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Das Haus in Schweidnitz.
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Richthofen's cigarette case signed by all the leaders of the various German squadrons at the front. Presented to Richthofen on his 1000th patrol.
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Richthofen-Denkmal in seiner Heimatstadt Schweidnitz bei Breslau
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Richthofen-Denkmal in seiner Heimatstadt Schweidnitz bei Breslau
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Close-up view of the plaque. The inscription reads: ‘Memorial for Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Born 2 May 1892. Fell on 21 April 1918. (Left) To the most successful combat pilot of the World War. (Right) To the undefeated victor of 80 aerial combats. (Below) Erected in the year 1928 from contrib-utions of his grateful homeland’ (Old Postcard).
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The Richthofen memorial erected in the park across the street from his parent’s home in Schweidnitz (Old Postcard via Sue Hayes Fisher). Today the Richthofen memorial is crumbling away, and the bronze plaque has long since disappeared (Author).
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The Richthofen memorial erected in the park across the street from his parent’s home in Schweidnitz (Old Postcard via Sue Hayes Fisher). Today the Richthofen memorial is crumbling away, and the bronze plaque has long since disappeared (Author).
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British signal from General Rawlinson to 5th Australian Division stating that the German aircraft they shot down was that of MvR.
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English Combat Report of MvR's final flight
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Richard Wenzl of JG I claimed that this photo was the one-but last one of MvR on 21 April 1918. The men seen here (left to right): Wolfram von Richtofen (Jasta 11), Edgar Scholz (Jasta 11), Walther Karjus (Jasta 11), Joachim Wolmff (Jasta 11), Kurt Lischke (Jasta 6), MvR, Erich Loewenhardt (Jasta 10), Werner Stainhäuser (Jasta 11), Hans Weiss (Jasta 11).
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17GW448 The Red Baron, seen here visiting Kampfgeschwader 3 bomber base at Gontrode, Belgium, where he is conferring with Hauptmann Rudolf Kleine, KG3's commander (left); the unit's adjutant, Oberleutnant Gerlich, is standing centre. Escorting bombers was not to Richthofen's liking as he much preferred the hunting role rather than the defending one. Although equipped with theTriplanes some JG 1 pilots continued to fly the Albatros, as teething troubles were experienced with the new three-winged machines.
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Richthofen vor seinem Dreidecker.
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Major General von Lossberg, Chief of Staff Fourth Army, talking to aircraft designer Tony Fokker, who is seated in the cockpit of Fokker FI 102/17, while MvR and Lt Adam look on. Less than a month later, Lt Kurt Wolff would lose his life in this same machine
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MvR explaining the Fokker F1's combat features to Generalmajor Karl von Lossberg, 4. Armée's Chief of Staff.
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With his back to the wind, a ground handler holds down Richthofen's tail as he runs up an Albatros D.V at Boistrancourt, March 1918. Closeup examination of strut markings indicate the serial number was 4479/17. Note the grass and Richthofen's fur coat blowing in the slipstream.
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Christmas at Jasta 11: From left: Jürgen Sandel, Ewin Böhme, Dieter Collin, Lothar von Richthofen (then with FEA 11 as a pilot in training), ALbrecht von Richthofen, MvR, Franz Walz (CO), Hans Wortmann, unknown, Erich König, Karl Bodenschatz.
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MvR as a member of Kampfgeschwader II, Kampfstaffel 8, (G. VanWyngarden)
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View of Richthofen's bedroom in Schweidnitz, purportedly taken in the late 1920s. Along with the sundry serial numbers, rudders, and roundels on display are taxidermic hunting trophies (left wall), the silver victory cups (far wall, center), and a table made of axial propellers (center foreground). Richthofen's bed is at far right. (Peter Kilduff)
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Colorized view of various items in Room 2, which among other things includes Hawker's machine gun, an interplane strut, section of propeller, a gunsight, flare guns, and a bell made out of an engine cylinder. The case at right contains Richthofen's famous silver cups and Ehrenbecher. (Lance Bronnenkant)
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Colorized view of the Richthofen home, after Kunigunde had opened the Richthfofen museum in 1933.
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Four views of the Richthofen museum (Sue Hayes Fisher).
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