August 28, 1917
Fokker Triplane first delivery
17GW444 On 28 August 1917, the first Fokker Triplane was delivered to Richthofen's Geschwader. Werner Voss, leader of Jasta 10, flew the machine for the first t...
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The Great War Illustrated 1917
The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd
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17GW456 Richthofen being dressed by attendants for a sortie, much in the manner of medieval knights of old. Because of the fur boots this picture is sometimes captioned as being the Red Baron about to take off on his last fligt, 21 April 1918; however the aircraft appears to be a biplane rather then a triplane of the type in which he was killed.
17GW491 Two Spandau IMG 08 were fitted to the cowling of the Fokker Triplane. On the Red Baron's last fight one of the weapons had ceased to function and the other was misfiring because of a split firing pin. Lieutenant May would likely have been shot down had the guns been working. Richthofen had released his harness and was working to free the mechanism when a single bullet fired from below fatally wounded him.
Australian troops march with Richthofen's body during 1818 funeral
17GW432 The room of von Richthofen with a trophy wall bearing the serial numbers of his victims cut from the wreckage. The chandelier is a rotary engine from one of his kills.
