Creation of the death certificate from Richthofens

“Preparation of Richthofen’s death certificate. As an officer in the Uhlan Regiment No. 1, he had his residence in his garrison Ostrowo (province of Posen). According to the laws, there is – after the death – an official feedback to the registry office of the home community: Death entry 245/1918 at the registry office Ostrowo Ostrowo on 26 August 1918 ‘The commander of the Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 9 has informed that the Rittmeister of the Ulanen-Regiment No. 1, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthoven[*], 25 years old, of Protestant religion, resident in Ostrowo, born in Breslau, single, son of the off-duty major Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen and his wife Kunigunde, née von Schickfuss Neudorf, resident in Schweidnitz, died in the fighting [north of] Vaux-Somme on the twenty-first of April in the year one thousand nine hundred and eighteen from wounds received’. Signature. It is worth noting that the report of the Rittmeister’s death was made via the Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung. This indicates that Fighter Wing 1 was organisationally assigned to FEA 9 as a replacement force. Spelling error in the document: [*] correct: Richthofen”