Announcement from the Government of Cologne
Event ID: 460
22 April 1918
49.932804234339855, 2.5372532
On a ridge by the Bray to Corbie road
Vaux-sur-Somme
Source ID: 21
https://www.bundesarchiv.de/DE/Content/Virtuelle-Ausstellungen/Manfred-Von-Richthofen-Der-Rote-Kampfflieger/manfred-von-richthofen-der-rote-kampfflieger.html p.
Source: BArch PH 17-I/97 (page 5)” On 22 April 1918, the Governorate of Cologne informed the Commanding General of the Air Force of the Daily Chronicle’s report on Richthofen’s death in aerial combat and the favourable tribute paid to the fallen enemy by the war correspondent of The Times.”
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