Volume 1 - Bruno Schmäling - 2024 Aeronaut Books
War Books 29 June 1917 Contract Between First Lieutenant Baron Manfred von R i c h t h o f e n and the firm Ullstein & Co, Berlin, the following agreement has b...
From 'Die Woche 34' of 25 August 1917, p1150 after visiting Jasta 11 in April 1917. "Richthofen is medium-sized, muscularly built, almost stocky. Bright eyes pe...
Richthofen is a remarkable person who cast a spell over us. He is able to inspire us and mold us into a very close-knit group. Each looked out for the other and...
"Otto Brauneck, who was transferred to Jasta 11 on 9 April 1917, wrote to his parents on 20 April 1917: 'Everyone is very nice, especially Richthofen, who you d...
"I met the 'older' Richthofen at Jasta 4 in Douai on the 17th. But that of course is the wrong expression and he made a great impression on me. He is actually q...
Carl-August von Schoenebeck, who served with MvR in Jasta 11from July 1917 trhough January 1918, characterized his Geschwaderführer in this way during a convers...
Wilhelm-Gisbert Groos writes to Alex Imrie: "He gave you the feeling that he was never afraid, and that gave us courage and also helped us overcome some of our...
Johann Janzen, pilot and later Staffelführer of Jagdstaffel 6 in Jagdgeschwader 1 from 16 October 1917 to 9 June 1918, reported to Alex Imrie: "Richthofen had a...
Franz Hemer, a pilot in Jagdgeschwader I's Jasta 6 from September 1917 until the end of the war, explained during a long telephone conversation with Bruno Schmä...
Walter Böning, Staffelführer of Jagdstaffel 76, first met MvR on 14 April 1918. When asked about Richthofen as a person, Böning said to Bruno Schmäling in 1975:...
Alois Heldmann, who flew with Jasta 10 from November 1916 until the end of the war, confirmed MvR's relationship with NCO's in a conversation with Bruno Schmäli...
Carl Deilmann, a pilot who flew with Jasta 6 in the spring and summer of 1917, wrote the following to Dr. Heinz Penzlin of 'Die Welt' on 3 May 1978, copy Bruno...
On the ground, after duty, Richthofen was like a boy with a wonderful sense of humour. While Jagdgeschwader I was stationed at Marckebeeke, Richthofen nicknamed...
"Josef Holzapfel in an interview in the 'Kölner Zeitung' of 22 April 1938: 'The officers slept in railroad cars and the rest of us slept in tents near the airpl...
Carl-August von Schoenebeck brought up another side of Richthofen's personal conduct in one of his conversations with Bruno Schmäling: 'In July 1917 he had a si...
I also request that all salvage aircraft to be delivered by MAG be supplied with Fokker MG controls. With regard to the construction of the single-seat fighter,...
Excerpt from Kurt Wolff's diary: "On the 6th, I attacked a B.E. at the same location with 50 rounds close up but it didn't go down. I shot it out with two Sopwi...
..."Yesterday, the Staffel shot down no less than five English apparatuses, two of which crashed on fire, one burst in the air and two others smashed to the gro...
..."Our Schwarm II had been out in the morning without accomplishing anything. Swarm I got itself ready. Richthofen wanted to come along but had to stay home be...
"Schwarm I, led by Richthofen, took off at around 10:00 am, and as Schäfer later wrote: 'It was pretty hazy that morning. Geschwader II conducted a long flight...
"On 11 March 1917, Generaloberst Ludwig von Falkenhausen paid a visit to Jagdstaffel 11 at their La Brayelle airfield. Here he is pictured in the entrance of th...
Jasta 11 and Jasta 12 joint mission
Probably one of the first mentioning of MvR in the press. (G. Vanwyngarden). The text on the picture reads: "Lieutenant Frhr. v. Richthofen (in fur on the left)...
