August 1, 1917
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Geschwader 71 'Richthofen'
Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 'Richthofen'
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Käte Oltersdorf (1891 - 1988)
Lothar von Richthofen talking to his brother on the snow-covered airfield at La Brayelle.
From left: Leutnant Konstantin Krefft, Leutnant Otto Brauneck, Oberleutnant Ernst Freiherr von Althaus, MvR and Oberleutnant Erwin Böhme.
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.
Jagdstaffel 11. Rittmeister v. Richthofen's first visit from the hospital. A photograph taken upon the front steps of Courtrai's Château de Marcke-sur-Lys during Richthofen's visit to Jagdgeschwader I on 22 July 1917, Seated in the front row (left to right): Konstantin Krefft, Otto Brauneck, Arnold Bockelmann, Kurt Wolff, Prof. Arnold Busch, Carlos Meyer-Baldo, Carl von Schoenebeck. Seated behind them (left to right): Franz Müller, Karl Bodenschatz, MvR, Joachim Wolff, Alfred Niederhoff. Standing in back (left to right): Eberhard Mohnike, Wilhelm Reinhard, Sister Käte, Albrecht von Richthofen, Guido Scheffer.
MvR's visit to Headquarters.
Herr Rittmeister as a patient.
Herr Rittmeister as a patient
Lothar, Albrecht und Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Lothar war am 13. Mai bei einem Absturz schwer verwundet worden. Tags darauf erhielt er den Orden Pour le Mérite verliehen. Dieses Bild wurde am 15. Juni in Seclin (südl. von Lille/ Frankreich) aufgenommen. Wenig später wurde Lothar zur weiteren Behandlung nach Hamburg verlegt.
This photo was likely taken on 16 September 1916 when Oswald Boelcke and some of his pilots from Jasta 2 went to Armee-Flug-Park 1 to collect their new Albatros fighters. Boelcke stands at center with a walking stick and facing him (with clasped hands) is Alfred Keller, the CO of AFP1, Richthofen is behind, and partially obscured by, Keller.
(left to right) Sandel, Müller, MvR, Günther, Kirmaier, Imelmann, König, Höhne, Wortmann, Collin.
This lesser-known image of Prof. Busch's drawings of Jasta 11 airmen is probably the one he referred to in his account of 28 July 1917. It is different than the much more popular version that served as the frontispiece for the 1933 edition of Der Rote Kampfflieger in that this one depicts Kurt Wolff's left arm in a sling and Lothar von Richthofen's portrait is absent. In Busch's 28 July entry, he also mentioned that he hoped to draw Lothar, who was recuperating in Germany from the wounds he had suffered on 13 May 1917, at Breslau in August. So what we see here clearly predated Der Rote Kampfflieger's 1933 frontispiece. We do not know the origin of this print however.
(left to right) Hartmann, Plüschow, Krefft, Simon, Wolff, Esser, MvR, LvR, Hintsch, Brauneck, Matthof and Allmenröder.
(left to right) Hartmann, Plüschow, Krefft, Simon, Wolff, Esser, MvR, LvR, Hinsch, Brauneck, Maashoff and Allmenröder.
General v. Falkenhausen; Oberbefehlshaber der VI. Armee, in Manfreds 'Villa'
Folllowing pilot training, Richthofen flew Albatros two-seaters with Kampfstaffel 8 of Kampfgeschwader 2 over the Verdun sector. He seems subdued here in conversation with Kasta's 8 commanding officer, Hauptmann Victor Carganico, a pre-war military aviator and BAO veteran.
Folllowing pilot training, Richthofen flew Albatros two-seaters with Kampfstaffel 8 of Kampfgeschwader 2 over the Verdun sector. He seems subdued here in conversation with Kasta's 8 commanding officer, Hauptmann Victor Carganico, a pre-war military aviator and BAO veteran.
A portrait of Richthofen when he was visiting the Fokker factory at Schwerin-Görries. A Fokker D.V is in the background.
Bertincourt airfield, probably when Jasta 2 was stationed there.
Hermann Thomsen is second from the right, MvR is fourth and Ernst von Hoeppner is sixth.
Mont airfield along the road to Murville when MvR was assigned to Kasta 8 of Kagohl 2 on 16 March 1916.
Kaiser Wilhelm II departs his Headquarters building at Kreuznach as MvR looks on.
Front row (left to right): Konstantin Krefft, Richthofen, Eberhard Mohnike, Erwin Böhme. Back row (left to right): Wilhelm Reinhard, Carl von Schoenebeck, Guide Scheffer, Arnold Bockelmann, Hans-Helmuth von Boddien, Alfred Niederhoff, Justus Grassman.
Am 6. Juli 1917 wurde Manfred von Richthofen während eines Angriffs auf englische Bombenflugzeuge am Kopf verwundet. Trotz Schädigung des Sehnervs konnte er notlanden. Im August besuchte Major Albrecht von Richthofen, Ortskommandant in der Nähe von Lille (Frankreich), seinen Sohn im Lazarett.
A well known picture of the Richthofen brothers with a Fokker Dr.I behind them. The first batch of operational Fokker Dr.Is arrived at JG I around 20 October 1917 and Lothar was wounded and put out of action the following 13 March 1918. This photo therefore originated betwee those dates and probably at Avesnes-Le-Sec airfield that the unit occupied from 25 November 1917 through 20 March 1918.
MvR salutes the Kaiser while observed by General der Infanterie Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Supreme Commander of the 4th army (second from right), and Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, Head of Army Group Rupprecht (far right), in the front row behind them.
"""Jagdgeschwader 1 with Commander v. Richthofen."" A group picture of Richthofen and JG I airmen. Beginning with the man sixth from the left, we have: Fritz Friedrichs (Jasta 10), Erich Just (Jasta 11 ), Max Kühn (Jasta 10), Siegfried Gussmann (Jasta 11 ), Edgar Scholtz (Jasta 11), Karl Bodenschatz (Adjutant), unknown, Erich Loewenhardt (Jasta 10), unknown, Richthofen, Wilhelm Reinhard (Jasta 6), Paul Wenzel (Jasta 6), Johann Janzen (Jasta 6), unknown, Hans Kirschstein (Jasta 6), Robert Tüxen (Jasta 6), unknown, Heinz Graf von Gluczewski-Kwilecki (Jasta 4), unknown, Hans-Georg von der Osten (Jasta 4), Viktor von Pressentin, gen. von Lautter (Jasta 4), unknowns. Pressentin joined the outfit on 15 March 1 918 and Osten was injured and put out of action on 28 March; so the picture originated sometime within those dates."
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).
MvR and Moritz.
MvR & Anthony Fokker, during a visit to the Fokker factory.
MvR sits in the back of his JG I staff car in front of Feldlazarett 76, observed by Sister Käte.
MvR visiting Markebeke with Sister Käte.
