February 14, 1917
MvR meets Jasta Boelcke
Again Richthofen was flying a Halberstadt, and, as stated, had been visiting his old Jasta 2 (Boelcke) at Lagnicourt and was on his way back to Brayelles, via t...
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Under the guns of the Red Baron
Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery
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March 18, 1918
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June 18, 1917
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March 12, 1918
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Victory 50
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March 17, 1917
Victory 27
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Victory 28
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March 21, 1917
Victory 29
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Victory 30
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March 25, 1917
Victory 31
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April 2, 1917
Victory 32
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April 2, 1917
Victory 33
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April 3, 1917
Victory 34
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April 5, 1917
Victory 35
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April 5, 1917
Victory 36
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April 7, 1917
Victory 37
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April 8, 1917
Victory 38
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Victory 39
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April 11, 1917
Victory 40
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April 13, 1917
Victory 41
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Victory 42
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Victory 43
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Victory 44
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Victory 45
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Victory 04
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November 9, 1916
Victory 08
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November 20, 1916
Victory 09
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Victory 14
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December 27, 1916
Victory 15
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January 4, 1917
Victory 16
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Victory 19
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February 14, 1917
Victory 20
"Combat Report: 1200 hrs. BE two-seater. Lens-Hulloch road, west of Loos. Occupants: one killed, the other severely wounded. Name of pilot: Lieutenant Bonnet (d...
February 14, 1917
Victory 21
"(probably) Capt. George Cyril Bailey DSO (WIA); 2/Lt. George William Betts Hampton (unhurt).aircraft actually returned to base safely. Combat Report: 1645 hrs,...
March 4, 1917
Victory 22
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March 4, 1917
Victory 23
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March 6, 1917
Victory 24
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April 28, 1917
Victory 48
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April 29, 1917
Victory 49
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Victory 58
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August 26, 1917
Victory 59
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November 23, 1917
Victory 62
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March 6, 1917
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"While Manfred von Richthofen achieved his 24th victory on the afternoon of 6 March, her very nearly did not survive the morning. As he recorded in both his boo...
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Victory 72
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Victory 74
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April 2, 1918
Victory 75
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April 6, 1918
Victory 76
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Victory 77
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Victory 78
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Victory 79
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Victory 80
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Unconfirmed victory
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November 30, 1917
Victory 63
Combat Report: 1430 hrs, near Moevres. Englishman; burnt.
March 24, 1918
Victory 67
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March 25, 1918
Victory 68
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March 26, 1918
Victory 69
1645 hrs. Wood south of Contalmaison. Sopwith 1; burnt in the air. Englishman. Flying with five gentlemen of Jasta 11, at low level, I encountered a Sopwith sin...
March 26, 1918
Victory 70
1700 hrs, two kilometres north-east of Albert. RE old type, burnt; Englishman. A quarter of an hour after my first victory on this day, I detected in exactly th...
March 27, 1918
Victory 73
1635 hrs, one kilometre north of Chuignolles, south of Bray-sur-Somme. Bristol Fighter - 2, burned; Englishman. Seat of observer was closed, only one occupant....
Related Pictures
The famed "Ehrenbecher" given by the Generalluftzeugmeister to airmen after their first victory.
MvR showing his Pour le Mérite, Iron Cross 1st Class, Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Duke Carl Eduard Medal Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Cross.
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Rare picture of Manfred smiling broadly.
The crudely altered Balkenkreuze taken from the right side of Von Richthofen's Fokker Triplane 425/17 which was auctioned in London in 1994. It had been cut from the machine by L/Cpl A E Putman, 32 Battalion, AIF, who later gave it to a doctor who saved his life. Until its sale it had hung on the doctor's wall.
