• Friend and fellow airman to Boelcke, Erwin Böhme of Jasta 2 had the great misfortune to be the pilot who collided with him, during a fight with DH.2s of 24 Squadron. Böhme survived the collision and went on to shoot down twenty-four Allied aircraft and win the Blue Max before falling in combat on 29 November. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

Leutnant Böhme recalls Bölcke asking MvR to join him

Event ID: 594

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Testimonial
English
The Red Baron Combat Wing, Jagdgeschwader Richthofen in Battle, Peter Kilduff, 1997, Arms and armour press

01 September 1916

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Kowel

Source ID: 30

The Red Baron Combat Wing, Jagdgeschwader Richthofen in Battle, Peter Kilduff, 1997, Arms and armour press p.  44 

“… In addition to myself, Bölcke has recruited from here a young Uhlan Leutnant von Richthofen, a splendid fellow, who has already proven himself at Verdun and here as a daring and reliable airman.”

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