• Manfred von Richthofen, A. Fokker en Dr. Michaelis in gesprek op de Markebeke. (Op de achtergrond staat Oblt. Bodenschatz, Geschwaderadjudant). (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)
  • Richthofen smiles broadly as he listens to Fokker confer with Michaelis. Fokker F.I 102/17 sits in the background, parked next to an unidentified Albatros D.V. Fokker’s cine camera is visible at left. (Greg Vanwyngarden) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)
  • Rijkskanselier Dr. Michaelis en Graf Sixt von Arnhim in 1917 in gesprek met A. Fokker na diens demonstratie op het vliegveld van de Markebeke. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)
  • Manfred und Direktor Fokker (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein – Berlin, 1937.)
  • Krefft, Fokker, Wolff, MvR. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron – The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen – Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co – 2000)
  • picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen – Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016
  • a group of men standing next to each other in a field
    MvR & Anthony Fokker, during a visit to the Fokker factory. (picture source: Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 ‘Richthofen’)
  • General v. Falkenhausen, Oberbefehlshaber der VI. Armee, in Manfreds “Villa”. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein – Berlin, 1937.)

Demonstration of Fokker DR I by Anthony Fokker

Event ID: 49

Categories: 

General Event
Nederlands
Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1

28 August 1917

50.816141687498735, 3.2403333562695864
Markebeke
Marke

Source ID: 1

Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1 p.   

Test flight and demonstration of Fokker DR I by Anthony Fokker in presence of von Falkenheyn, Lt. Hess and MvR.

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