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2 May 1892

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MvR born
2 May 1894

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Manfred von Richthofen, two years old
2 May 1899

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Manfred von Richthofen is seven years old
2 May 1900

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MvR acht Jahre alt
2 May 1900

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Das habe ich selbst getan
2 May 1900

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Mrs. von Richthofen on child development
1 January 1901

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MvR's first 9 years
1 January 1901

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MvR's early years
1 January 1901

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MvR moves to Swidnica
1 August 1903

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Later I became a cadet in Wahlstatt
1 August 1903

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MvR joins military cadets
1 August 1903

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Damals wollte er ein großer Reitergeneral sein
2 August 1903

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Zum Gedächtnis Richthofens. Von v. B.
1 September 1903

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Knieverletzung im Kadettenkorps
27 January 1904

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Birthday of Kaiser Wilhelm II
2 May 1904

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Manfred war überaus wahrheitsliebend
2 May 1905

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Es spukt in dem Gutshause
1 January 1909

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MvR joins military cadets in Lichterfelde
27 December 1910

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Jagdtrophäe
17 April 1911

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MvR joins Ulanen-Regiment „Kaiser Alexander III. von Rußland“ (Westpreußisches) Nr. 1
18 April 1911

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MvR auf der Jagd
17 April 1912

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Biffy
19 November 1912

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MvR appointed Leutnant
19 November 1912

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First period as an officer
20 November 1912

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Leidenschaft für den Pferdesport
1 May 1913

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MvR participates in a horse race.
1 May 1913

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Kaiserpreisritt
28 July 1914

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Keine Rennen, stattdessen Krieg
31 July 1914

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War outbreak and journey from Zoppot to Schweidnitz.
1 August 1914

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Outbreak of war
1 August 1914

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War outbreak, the first days
2 August 1914

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He leaves the following lines to his parents and siblings:
2 August 1914

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War outbreak, the first days
3 August 1914

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Crossing the border
3 August 1914

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War outbreak, the first days
5 August 1914

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MvR schreibt aus Schelmce
5 August 1914

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MvR sollte tot sein
5 August 1914

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Dritte Nacht auf Patrouille
8 August 1914

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Ilse's birthday
13 August 1914

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Towards Busendorf, Diedenhofen
14 August 1914

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Through Luxemburg to Arlon
15 August 1914

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Arlon
16 August 1914

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An der Grenze zu Belgien – Frankreich
19 August 1914

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MvR writes from France
21 August 1914

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How I first heard the bullets whistle on patrol
21 August 1914

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MvR writes his mother
21 August 1914

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First battle - first retreat
22 August 1914

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Patrol ride with Loen
29 August 1914

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Was ich hier im Westen erlebt habe
1 September 1914

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MvR appointed Ordonnanzsofficier.
2 September 1914

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MvR sends a card
12 September 1914

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Verdun - a letter to his mother
13 September 1914

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MvR writes his mother
22 September 1914

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Das Eiserne Kreuz.
23 September 1914

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MvR writes his mother
23 September 1914

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MvR wird das Eiserne Kreuz 2. Klasse verliehen.
1 October 1914

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MvR received the Iron Cross
11 October 1914

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Fast hätte ich daran glauben müssen
16 October 1914

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MvR takes a sniper bullet through his helmet.
26 October 1914

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MvR almost killed by artillery fire
1 November 1914

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Als Franzose verkleidet
2 November 1914

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Langweile vor Verdun
3 November 1914

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MvR's mother picks up Manfred's things in Ostrowo
12 November 1914

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MvR writes his mother
15 December 1914

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MvR writes his mother
15 December 1914

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Nun sitze ich schon seit drei Monaten vor Verdun
26 December 1914

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Taube vs Nieuport
1 January 1915

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MvR submits request to Col Erbach for air assignment.
3 January 1915

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Col Erbach tells MvR that he will see what he can do for him.
15 January 1915

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Orderly officer of the 18th Infantry Brigade
15 January 1915

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Boredom before Verdun
15 January 1915

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MvR appointed Ordonnanzsofficier of the 18th Infantry Brigade
19 February 1915

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MvR writes his mother
15 March 1915

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Jagdgeschichte
20 March 1915

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MvR writes his mother
27 March 1915

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MvR writes his mother
6 April 1915

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Wer hätte je geglaubt, daß ein Krieg so lange dauern könne
1 May 1915

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Cheese and eggs
21 May 1915

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I'm going to the planes.
30 May 1915

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and so I joined the air force at the end of May 1915.
30 May 1915

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to the air force
30 May 1915

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Flugzeugführer will ich werden
31 May 1915

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The first time in the air!
1 June 1915

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Urlaub
2 June 1915

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MvR arrives at Cologne
6 June 1915

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Flieger-Ersatzabteilung 7
10 June 1915

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Advanced training
10 June 1915

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Advanced training
10 June 1915

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Advanced Training
18 June 1915

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MvR passes his physical
19 June 1915

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MvR puts in request for fighter training.
15 July 1915

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Observer at Mackensen
16 July 1915

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With Holck in Russia
20 July 1915

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MvR writes his mother
20 August 1915

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With Holck in Russia
21 August 1915

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Quick visit at home
21 August 1915

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Mail Pigeon Detachment
21 August 1915

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Bombarderen vanuit Gistel
22 August 1915

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Ostend Racing Pigeon Department.
23 August 1915

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A Drop of Blood for the Fatherland
1 September 1915

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My First Air Battle
4 September 1915

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MvR is in Rethel
12 September 1915

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MvR slightly wounded
25 September 1915

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In the Battle of Champagne
25 September 1915

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In the Battle of Champagne
1 October 1915

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How I met Boelcke
10 October 1915

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The first solo flight
2 November 1915

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Ich bin zu einem Riesenflugzeug kommandiert
15 November 1915

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From my training period in Döberitz
15 November 1915

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Training
16 November 1915

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Outlandings
24 December 1915

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Christmas 1915
25 December 1915

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Third Exam
1 January 1916

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Going to the Fokker plant
2 January 1916

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Visiting Fokker at Schwerin
11 January 1916

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Ich bin nicht ein einziges Mal mehr geflogen
2 February 1916

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Lightning visit to Schweidnitz
16 March 1916

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8th Fighter Squadron of the 2nd Fighter Wing
16 March 1916

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Pilot of a Big Fighter
10 April 1916

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Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse
25 April 1916

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Army report of April 26, 1916
27 April 1916

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Ein Nieuport 'runter
30 April 1916

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Holck
30 April 1916

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Holck
1 May 1916

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MvR flies to Holck's funeral
3 May 1916

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Holcks Beerdigung
3 May 1916

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Kampfflieger!
8 May 1916

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Manfred visits Lothar
24 May 1916

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Lightning visit to Schweidnitz
14 June 1916

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MvR trains on Fokker Eindecker
15 June 1916

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A thunderstorm flight
16 June 1916

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The first time on a Fokker
16 June 1916

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Lothar reports on MvR
18 June 1916

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Immelmann
19 June 1916

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Zeumer
19 June 1916

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Zeumer
20 June 1916

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A frustrated MvR writes home
22 June 1916

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Immelmann
1 July 1916

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Bombing flights in Russia
5 July 1916

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Lothar reports on MvR
6 July 1916

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Auf die Nase gefallen
10 August 1916

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Jasta 2 moves to Bertincourt
13 August 1916

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Bombs on La Brayelle
25 August 1916

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Lightning visit to Schweidnitz
27 August 1916

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Jasta 2 moves to Vélu
1 September 1916

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Bölcke asks MvR
1 September 1916

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Bölcke asks MvR to join Jasta 2 - Burrows' version
1 September 1916

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How Bölcke asked MvR
1 September 1916

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Leutnant Böhme recalls Bölcke asking MvR to join him
4 September 1916

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Train ride to the west
14 September 1916

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MvR and Boelcke look at the D.H.2 Boelcke shot down as his 24th victory.
17 September 1916

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Victory 01
17 September 1916

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Victory 01
18 September 1916

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MvR writes his mother
18 September 1916

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Bölcke's analysis of MvR's first victory
22 September 1916

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Jasta 2 moves to Lagnicourt
23 September 1916

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Victory 02
25 September 1916

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Lothar talks about MvR
26 September 1916

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Somme Schlacht
30 September 1916

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Victory 03
5 October 1916

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MvR writes his mother
5 October 1916

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Meinen dritten Engländer
7 October 1916

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Victory 04
7 October 1916

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Victory 04 - Kofl 1. Armee
10 October 1916

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Unconfirmed victory
16 October 1916

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Victory 05
17 October 1916

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Ein Dorado für die Jagdflieger
18 October 1916

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Meinen fünften Engländer
25 October 1916

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Victory 06
28 October 1916

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Boelcke's death
28 October 1916

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Böhme describes the moment of collision
3 November 1916

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Boelcke's funeral
3 November 1916

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Victory 07
3 November 1916

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Victory 07 - Kofl 1. Armee
9 November 1916

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Victory 08
9 November 1916

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The eighth
9 November 1916

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Victory 08 - Kofl 1. Armee
9 November 1916

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Gotha decoration
11 November 1916

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MvR receives the Order of Hohenzollern
11 November 1916

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MvR and the pilots of Jasta 2
14 November 1916

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Lightning visit to Schweidnitz
20 November 1916

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Victory 09
20 November 1916

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Victory 09 - Kofl 1. Armee
20 November 1916

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Victory 09 - Kirmaier or MvR?
20 November 1916

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Victory 10
20 November 1916

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Victory 10 - Kofl 1. Armee
23 November 1916

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Victory 11
23 November 1916

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Major Hawker
23 November 1916

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Major Hawker
23 November 1916

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Victory 11 - Burrows' version
23 November 1916

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Victory 11 - kofl 1. Armee
25 November 1916

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Mein elfter Engländer ist Major Hawker
26 November 1916

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Boelcke's funeral
5 December 1916

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Jasta 2 moves to Pronville
11 December 1916

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Victory 12
11 December 1916

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Victory 12 - Kofl 1. Armee
15 December 1916

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New machines
20 December 1916

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Victory 13
20 December 1916

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Victory 14
24 December 1916

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Christmas at Jasta Boelcke
25 December 1916

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December 1916
27 December 1916

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Victory 15
28 December 1916

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Christmas on the Somme
1 January 1917

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Getuigenis van Herman Lohmeyer
4 January 1917

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Victory 16
4 January 1917

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The sixteenth has fallen
16 January 1917

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MvR appointed leader of Jasta 11
16 January 1917

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»Le petit rouge«
21 January 1917

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MvR receives 'Pour le mérite'
21 January 1917

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A telegram
21 January 1917

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Organisatorische Veränderungen
23 January 1917

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Victory 17
23 January 1917

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First kill for jasta 11
23 January 1917

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Victory 17 - Kofl 6. Armee
24 January 1917

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Victory 18
24 January 1917

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Victory 18 - Kofl 6. Armee
25 January 1917

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Jasta 11, 18th air victory
27 January 1917

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Führer der Jagdstaffel 11
1 February 1917

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Victory 19
1 February 1917

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English and French aviation
1 February 1917

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On victory 19
1 February 1917

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Victory 19 - Kofl 6. Armee
4 February 1917

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Holiday
13 February 1917

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Going over tactics
14 February 1917

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Victory 20
14 February 1917

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Victory 21
14 February 1917

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MvR visits Jasta 2
14 February 1917

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MvR meets Jasta Boelcke
14 February 1917

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On victory 20
14 February 1917

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Victory 20 - Kofl 6. Armee
14 February 1917

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Victory 21 - Kofl 6. Armee
16 February 1917

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How to train fighterpilots
16 February 1917

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MvR on new recruits
21 February 1917

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Lothar in Schweidnitz
21 February 1917

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Lothar recalls how MvR handled new recruits
25 February 1917

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MvR at a Jastaschule conference
1 March 1917

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On English air tactics
4 March 1917

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Victory 22
4 March 1917

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Victory 22 - Kofl 6. Armee
4 March 1917

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Victory 23
4 March 1917

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Victory 23 - Kofl 6. Armee
6 March 1917

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Victory 24
6 March 1917

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Shot down myself
6 March 1917

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Combat report Lt Benbow
6 March 1917

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MvR shot down
6 March 1917

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Victory 24 - Kofl 6. Armee
8 March 1917

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Victory 25
9 March 1917

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Victory 25
9 March 1917

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Victory 25 - Kofl 6. Armee
11 March 1917

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Victory 26
11 March 1917

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Victory 26 - Kofl 6. Armee
17 March 1917

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Victory 27
17 March 1917

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Victory 28
17 March 1917

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Victory 28 - Kofl 6. Armee
19 March 1917

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Victory 27 and 28
20 March 1917

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A postcard from Baron von Riezenstein
21 March 1917

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Victory 29
21 March 1917

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Victory 29 - Kofl 6. Armee
22 March 1917

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MvR appointed first lieutenant
24 March 1917

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A little flying story
24 March 1917

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A little flying story
24 March 1917

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Victory 30
24 March 1917

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Victory 30 - Kofl 6. Armee
25 March 1917

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Victory 31
25 March 1917

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Victory 31 - Kofl 6. Armee
26 March 1917

O

Yesterday I shot the thirty-first
31 March 1917

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Letter from MvR to Otto Brauneck
2 April 1917

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First Dublette
2 April 1917

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Victory 32
2 April 1917

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Victory 32 - Lothar's account
2 April 1917

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Victory 32 - Kofl 6. Armee
2 April 1917

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Victory 32 - visit to the crash site
2 April 1917

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Victory 33 - Kofl 6. Armee
2 April 1917

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Victory 33
2 April 1917

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Victory 32 - Lieutenant Peter Warren's account
3 April 1917

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Victory 34
3 April 1917

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Victory 32
3 April 1917

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Victory 34 - Kofl 6. Armee
5 April 1917

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Bombs on La Brayelle
5 April 1917

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Victory 35 - Kofl 6. Armee
5 April 1917

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Victory 35
5 April 1917

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Victory 36
5 April 1917

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Victory 36 - Kofl 6. Armee
6 April 1917

O

MvR appointed Captain
6 April 1917

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Victory 36
7 April 1917

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Victory 37
7 April 1917

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English bombing raid on our airport
8 April 1917

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Victory 38
8 April 1917

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Victory 39
8 April 1917

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The newspaper
8 April 1917

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Böhme schreibt
8 April 1917

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Victory 38 - Kofl 6. Armee
8 April 1917

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Victory 39 - Kofl 6. Armee
9 April 1917

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Breaking of Albatros D.III wing
10 April 1917

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The newspaper
11 April 1917

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Victory 40
11 April 1917

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About the properties of a good pursuit plane
11 April 1917

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Victory 40 - Kofl 6. Armee
12 April 1917

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Prof. Dr. Wegener visits Jasta 11
13 April 1917

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Jasta 11 relocates to Roucourt
13 April 1917

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My most successful day so far
13 April 1917

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Victory 41
13 April 1917

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Fragment uit een brief van Elisabeth Papendieck
13 April 1917

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Lothar ein »Schießer« und nicht ein Weidmann
13 April 1917

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About victory 41
13 April 1917

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Ein Tag bei Staffel 11
13 April 1917

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Victory 41 - Kofl 6. Armee
13 April 1917

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Victory 42
13 April 1917

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Victory 42 - Kofl 6. Armee
13 April 1917

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Victory 43
13 April 1917

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Victory 43 - Kofl 6. Armee
14 April 1917

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Moritz
14 April 1917

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Victory 44
14 April 1917

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Victory 44 - Kofl 6. Armee
14 April 1917

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An der Westfront
15 April 1917

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Jasta 11 and Jasta 12 joint mission
15 April 1917

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Abgeschnitten
16 April 1917

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Victory 45
16 April 1917

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MvR is awarded the Knight's Cross of the Saxon “Military Order of St. Henry”.
20 April 1917

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Schäfer's emergency landing between the lines
22 April 1917

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Victory 46
22 April 1917

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Ernst von Hoeppner, visits Jasta 11
22 April 1917

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Victory 46 - Kofl 6. Armee
23 April 1917

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Victory 47
23 April 1917

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Jasta 11 photoshoot
23 April 1917

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Anfangs Mai nach Hause
23 April 1917

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Ein Bild von meinem Bruder
23 April 1917

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Victory 47 - Kofl 6. Armee
25 April 1917

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The Anti-Richthofen squadron
25 April 1917

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Lothar writes
26 April 1917

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Jagdstaffel Richthofen
28 April 1917

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Victory 48
28 April 1917

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Victory 48 - Kofl 6. Armee
29 April 1917

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The »old man« comes to visit us
29 April 1917

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Victory 49
29 April 1917

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Victory 50
29 April 1917

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Victory 51
29 April 1917

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Victory 52
29 April 1917

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Ein Bluff
29 April 1917

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Ein holländischer Bericht
29 April 1917

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Victory 49 - Kofl 6. Armee
29 April 1917

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Victory 50 - Kofl 6. Armee
29 April 1917

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Victory 51 - Kofl 6. Armee
29 April 1917

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Victory 52 - Kofl 6. Armee
30 April 1917

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Transcription of the imperial congratulatory telegram
30 April 1917

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The newspaper
1 May 1917

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MvR flies to HQ to meet Kaiser Wilhelm II, Ludendorff and Hindenburg
1 May 1917

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MvR is asked to write his memoirs
1 May 1917

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Besuch im Hauptquartier
2 May 1917

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MVR in the headquarters
2 May 1917

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MvR at Headquarters
2 May 1917

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Hindenburg und Ludendorff
3 May 1917

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MvR breakfast with Kaiser Wilhelm II
3 May 1917

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Breakfast with the Kaiser
3 May 1917

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The Kaiserin
3 May 1917

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Beim Kaiser
3 May 1917

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Acht Pour Le Mérite Ritter
4 May 1917

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Englisches Kopfgeld für einen deutschen Flieger
4 May 1917

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MvR fliegt nach Berlin aber muß landen in Leipzig
4 May 1917

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Die Kaiserin
5 May 1917

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My brother
5 May 1917

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further visit to the Great Headquarters.
6 May 1917

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In response to the 'anti-Richthofen' squadron
7 May 1917

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Die rote Farbe
9 May 1917

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Was sagst Du denn zu Deinen beiden mißratenen Söhnen?
14 May 1917

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Telegramme
16 May 1917

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Stay in Berlin - MvR is photographed (for the Sanke postcards?)
18 May 1917

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Anekdoten vom Urlaub
19 May 1917

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MvR flies to Schweidnitz
19 May 1917

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MvR dictates his autobiography
19 May 1917

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MVR is famous
19 May 1917

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MVR and his 'bride'
20 May 1917

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Der rote Kampfflieger
26 May 1917

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The Auerochs
27 May 1917

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Infantry, artillery and reconnaissance pilots
28 May 1917

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Our aircraft
31 May 1917

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Test flight
1 June 1917

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to Turkey?
4 June 1917

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Leutnant Groos recalls
5 June 1917

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Schäffer's funeral.
5 June 1917

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nicht in der Türkei
9 June 1917

O

MvR trifft Kaiser Wilhelm II
9 June 1917

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Meetings and medals at HQ
10 June 1917

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Jasta 11 moves to Harelbeke, Bavikhove
10 June 1917

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MvR receives the Bulgarian Cross
10 June 1917

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Zum zweitemal bei Hofe
15 June 1917

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Albrecht vR visits his pilot sons.
16 June 1917

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Der Talisman bei den Fliegern
18 June 1917

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Victory 53
18 June 1917

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Oskar Schäffer und Georg Zeumer tot
18 June 1917

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Schäffer and Zeumer
18 June 1917

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Victory 53 - Kofl 4. Armee
19 June 1917

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MvR besucht Lothar
19 June 1917

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Thank you note to Voss' father
23 June 1917

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Victory 54?
23 June 1917

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Victory 54? - Kofl 4. Armee
24 June 1917

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Victory 55
24 June 1917

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Ic 20706 Jagdgeschwader I
24 June 1917

O

Victory 55 - Kofl 4. Armee
25 June 1917

O

Appointed commander of Jagdgeschwader I
25 June 1917

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Victory 56
25 June 1917

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Kommandeur of Jagdgeschwader 1
25 June 1917

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Victory 56 - Kofl 4. Armee
26 June 1917

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The order to assemble Jagdgeschwader 1
27 June 1917

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Bombs on Markebeke
28 June 1917

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Karl Allmenroeder
29 June 1917

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Hectic days arriving in Marke
1 July 1917

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Arnold Busch draws MvR
1 July 1917

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Jasta 11 group photo session
1 July 1917

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MvR ruft Bodenschatz an
1 July 1917

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MvR and Kurt Wolff attend Allmenröder's funeral service before his transfer to Solingen-Wald.
2 July 1917

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Relocation completed
2 July 1917

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Lt. Krefft is in command
2 July 1917

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Victory 57
2 July 1917

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Ein Belgier
2 July 1917

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Bodenschatz kommt in Markebeke an
2 July 1917

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Victory 57 - witness reports
2 July 1917

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JG I Besprechung
2 July 1917

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Victory 57 - Kofl 4. Armee
4 July 1917

O

Entwurf einer Stärke-Nachweisung für den Stab
5 July 1917

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Jastas 4,6,10, 11 in command relationship to JG1
6 July 1917

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Oblt. von Doering replaces MvR
6 July 1917

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Photo session Lazaret 76
6 July 1917

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MvR verwundet am Hinterkopf
6 July 1917

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MvR verwundet am Hinterkopf
6 July 1917

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Shortly after crash-landing
6 July 1917

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MvR wounded - Woodbridge's version
6 July 1917

O

JG1 Stab
6 July 1917

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Verwundet
6 July 1917

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James F. Miller's analysis of MvR's headwound incident.
6 July 1917

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MvR wounded
6 July 1917

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Bodenschatz, Dostler, Döring, und Wolff besuchen MvR
7 July 1917

O

MvRs dad visits him in Lazaret 76
7 July 1917

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Lt. Reinhard visits MvR in Lazaret 76
7 July 1917

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von Schönebeck arrives at Jasta 11
10 July 1917

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Fragment of a letter from Lt. Otto Brauneck
11 July 1917

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Excerpt from a letter from Lt. Wolff
11 July 1917

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Mit Wolff ins Lazarett
11 July 1917

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Mit Wolff ins Lazaret
14 July 1917

O

Victory 57 - Anerkennung
15 July 1917

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Ovation der Stadt Courtrai
17 July 1917

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MvR kent een overwinning toe aan Lt. Tüxen
17 July 1917

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Abschuß Lt. Türen zugesprochen
18 July 1917

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Kopfschmerzen
18 July 1917

O

MvR writes to his friend von Falkenhayn
18 July 1917

O

Es geht nur um den Kampf
21 July 1917

O

Fragment van een brief van Otto Brauneck
21 July 1917

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MvR entscheidet für Fw.-Lt. Schubert
22 July 1917

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MvR visits Markebeke after being wounded
22 July 1917

O

MvR besucht JG I
22 July 1917

O

MvR entscheidet für Oblt. Reinhard
24 July 1917

O

Excerpt of letter from Lt. Otto Brauneck to home
25 July 1917

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MvR übernimmt wieder das Kommando über JG I
25 July 1917

O

Lothars Handwerk
28 July 1917

O

Bombing raid on Marckebeeke
1 August 1917

O

Testimonial of Zoë Jacques.
1 August 1917

O

MvR convalesces
1 August 1917

O

Photoshoot Jasta 11
6 August 1917

O

A celebration of Oblt. Dostler's ‘Pour le Mérite’
7 August 1917

O

MvR first flights after being wounded
8 August 1917

O

MvR visits Kampfgeschwader 3
10 August 1917

O

Bomben treffen Marckebeeke
11 August 1917

O

MvR meldet
11 August 1917

O

Getuigenis van Georg von der Osten
15 August 1917

O

von Schönebeck remembers
16 August 1917

O

Victory 58
16 August 1917

O

Note from Kogenluft
16 August 1917

O

Victory 58
17 August 1917

O

Testimonial of Georg von der Osten
17 August 1917

O

Testimonial of Georg von der Osten
17 August 1917

O

Celebration 200th victory of Jasta 11
17 August 1917

O

Feier zum 200. Sieg von Jasta 11
17 August 1917

O

Wein in Markebeke
17 August 1917

O

Reinhard über die Richthofens
18 August 1917

O

MvR wird gebeten, weniger zu fliegen
19 August 1917

O

General Ludendorff besucht Markebeke
21 August 1917

O

Dostler gefallen
21 August 1917

O

MvR wird befohlen, nicht zu fliegen
21 August 1917

O

Parade voor Kaiser Wilhelm II
23 August 1917

O

MvR receives Austrian decoration
23 August 1917

O

Testimonial of Arthur Maertens
25 August 1917

O

Visit of Reichskansler Dr. Michaelis to Markebeke
26 August 1917

O

Victory 59
26 August 1917

O

Victory 59
26 August 1917

O

Gedanken im Unterstand
26 August 1917

O

Victory 59 - Kofl 4. Armee
28 August 1917

O

Demonstration of Fokker DR I by Anthony Fokker
28 August 1917

O

Fokker Triplane first delivery
28 August 1917

O

Über Lothars Gesundheit freue ich mich sehr
31 August 1917

O

Testimonial of Georg von der Osten
1 September 1917

O

Testimonial of Georg von der Osten
1 September 1917

O

Victory 60
1 September 1917

O

Victory 60 - Kofl 4. Armee
3 September 1917

O

Testimonial of Carl August von Schoenebeck
3 September 1917

O

Victory 61
3 September 1917

O

Victory 61 - Kofl 4th Army
3 September 1917

O

Victory 61 - Witness reports
3 September 1917

O

Victory 61 - Bird's account, ten years later
6 September 1917

O

MvR im Urlaub befohlen
6 September 1917

O

MvR vertrekt op herstelverlof
11 September 1917

O

MvR geerht
11 September 1917

O

Corresponding with a girl?
12 September 1917

O

MvR auf der Jagd
12 September 1917

O

MvR jagd auf den Gütern des Herzogs von Sachsen-Coburg und Gothas
15 September 1917

O

Lt. Wolff gefallen
17 September 1917

O

MvR in Schweidnitz
18 September 1917

O

Testimonial of Aimé Bekaert (Honorary Mayor of Marke)
22 September 1917

O

MvR receives the Lübeck Hanseatic Cross
23 September 1917

O

MvR receives buste of The Kaiser
23 September 1917

O

MvR receives a signed bust of Kaiser Wilhelm
24 September 1917

O

MvR receives the Brunswick War Merit Cross.
24 September 1917

O

Lt. Voss gefallen
25 September 1917

O

Lothar von Richthofen becomes leader of Jasta 11.
29 September 1917

O

Elchjagd
30 September 1917

O

Den Engländern einheizen
30 September 1917

O

Eine Begegnung. Von Emil August Glogau
1 October 1917

O

MvR is staying in Berlin
9 October 1917

O

MvR travels by train to Schweidnitz
9 October 1917

O

Blitzbesuch an Schweidnitz
10 October 1917

O

MvR receives Treue Dienst-Kreuz von Schaumburg-Lippe
12 October 1917

O

MvR travels via Danzig to Königsberg
13 October 1917

O

MvR receives Fürstliche Lippische Kriegsehrenkreuz für Heldenmütigkeit.
14 October 1917

O

Hunting in Neu-Sternberg game preserve
18 October 1917

O

Testimony of B.B. Perry
18 October 1917

O

MvR attends the wedding of his war comrade Fritz Prestien.
18 October 1917

O

Vermählung des Rittmeisters Freiherrn von Richthofen
18 October 1917

O

Meine Vermählung
20 October 1917

O

Letter of Hartha Gerstenberg to Albert Flipts
23 October 1917

O

Return from leave
29 October 1917

O

Testimony of Lucien De Mulder
30 October 1917

O

MvR macht eine Notlandung
4 November 1917

O

MvR krijgt Turkse Halvemaan
6 November 1917

O

Letter to Fritz von Falkenhayn
19 November 1917

O

Böhme (Jasta Boelcke) visits JG1
22 November 1917

O

Jasta 11 moves to Avesnes-le-Sec, Cambrai
23 November 1917

O

Victory 62
23 November 1917

O

Victory 62
24 November 1917

O

Die roten Maschinen des 'Barons' sind eingetroffen
25 November 1917

O

Heeresbericht
25 November 1917

O

Brief von Lothar
30 November 1917

O

Abendmeldung
30 November 1917

O

MvR comments on von der Osten's 4th victory
30 November 1917

O

Victory 63
1 December 1917

O

Condolence letter to Gerhard Böhme, brother of Erwin Böhme
2 December 1917

O

Richthofen als Vorgesetzter und Kamerad.
3 December 1917

O

Geld oder Postkarte?
11 December 1917

O

Sehr wenig Betrieb
12 December 1917

O

Test flight with a Pfalz Dr. I
12 December 1917

O

Zeugnis von Hauptmann Erich von Salzmann
22 December 1917

O

Returning from vacation
28 December 1917

O

Peace talks with Russia
29 December 1917

O

Frau Bitsenko
1 January 1918

O

Testimonial of Georg von der Osten
1 January 1918

O

Im Urwald vom Bialowicz
15 January 1918

O

Brest-Litowsk
19 January 1918

O

Richard Wenzl speaks about "typenprüfungen" in Adlershof
19 January 1918

O

Nach Adlershof kommandiert
20 January 1918

O

A visit to Schulte's gallery
29 January 1918

O

Last visit to Schweidnitz
29 January 1918

O

Menzke erzählt
1 February 1918

O

Testimonial of Carl August von Schoenebeck
11 February 1918

O

Ein paar Zeilen von Manfred
16 February 1918

O

Die Zeitungen
16 February 1918

O

Der Rittmeister sucht sich seine Leute selber aus
17 February 1918

O

Ein Flug im Fesselballon
27 February 1918

O

MvR on rotary engines
10 March 1918

O

The military legacy of Manfred von Richthofen
10 March 1918

O

Ein grauer Dienstumschlag
11 March 1918

O

Funeral Leutnant Wilhelm Gürke of Jasta 5
12 March 1918

O

Victory 64
12 March 1918

O

Victory 64
12 March 1918

O

Victory 64 - Clutterbuck's account
12 March 1918

O

Victory 64 - Kofl 2nd Army
13 March 1918

O

Victory 65
13 March 1918

O

Victory 65 - Kofl 2nd Army
13 March 1918

O

Testimonial of Leutnant Lübbert
15 March 1918

O

Ernst Udet joins MvR
16 March 1918

O

Lothar verwundet
16 March 1918

O

MvR at the funeral of Franz Bohlein (Jasta 10) 16 March 1918
16 March 1918

O

Wüsthoff relieved of Jasta 4 command
17 March 1918

O

The Kogenluft, Ernst von Hoeppner, comes for inspection
17 March 1918

O

MvR visits Jasta 5 in Boistrancourt
18 March 1918

O

Victory 66
18 March 1918

O

Ein Ruhmestag des JG I
18 March 1918

O

Victory 66 - Kofl 2nd Army
20 March 1918

O

Tag 'X'
21 March 1918

O

Uhl? Nachtigall?
23 March 1918

O

Lothars Absturz
24 March 1918

O

Victory 67
25 March 1918

O

Victory 68
26 March 1918

O

Victory 69
26 March 1918

O

Ran!
26 March 1918

O

Victory 70
27 March 1918

O

Victory 71
27 March 1918

O

Victory 72
27 March 1918

O

Victory 73
27 March 1918

O

Sie kamen in Massen
27 March 1918

O

Ich ziehe mir eben einige Kanonen groß
28 March 1918

O

Victory 74
28 March 1918

O

Glückwunschtelegramm
28 March 1918

O

Kogenluft schickt einen Funkspruch
1 April 1918

O

Vorwärts!
2 April 1918

O

Victory 75
2 April 1918

O

Zeugnis von OberLeutnant Lampel
2 April 1918

O

A conversation about victory 75
2 April 1918

O

"Slow but sure"
2 April 1918

O

Asking for new airplanes
4 April 1918

O

MvR writes 'Reglement für Kampfflieger'
4 April 1918

O

Luftkampftaktik
6 April 1918

O

Victory 76
6 April 1918

O

MvR wird den Roten Adlerorden 3. Klasse mit Krone und Schwertern verleiht.
7 April 1918

O

Victory 77
7 April 1918

O

Victory 78
20 April 1918

O

Victory 79
20 April 1918

O

Victory 80
20 April 1918

O

Victory 79 and 80
20 April 1918

O

Victory 79 - Kofl 2. Army
20 April 1918

O

Victory 80 - Kofl 2nd Army
20 April 1918

O

After the 80th
20 April 1918

O

Lewis recalls his fight with MvR
21 April 1918

O

MvR before last flight
21 April 1918

O

Awaiting orders
21 April 1918

O

Final flight
21 April 1918

O

Souvenir hunting
21 April 1918

O

Bodenschatz' Zeugnis
21 April 1918

O

Bericht von R.H. Barron
21 April 1918

O

Bericht von D. A. West
21 April 1918

O

Last flight analysis by Don Hollway
21 April 1918

O

Lieber Richthofen!
21 April 1918

O

Leutnant Wenzl recalled
21 April 1918

O

1938 Analyse vom 21. April 1918
22 April 1918

O

Testimonial of Carl August von Schoenebeck
22 April 1918

O

Testimonial of Herman Lohmeyer
22 April 1918

O

MvR autopsy (disturbing pictures)
22 April 1918

O

Public announcement of Richthofen's death
22 April 1918

O

Death notice of the fighter squadron for its fallen commander
22 April 1918

O

Manfred lebend in englischer Gefangenschaft
22 April 1918

O

Mitteilung des Gouvernement Köln
22 April 1918

O

Roy Brown erzählt
23 April 1918

O

Testimonial of Carl August von Schoenebeck
23 April 1918

O

MvR funeral
23 April 1918

O

Grauenvoller Tag, furchtbarster Tag meines Lebens.
23 April 1918

O

Reuters
23 April 1918

O

Mitteilung des Nachrichtenagentur Reuters
23 April 1918

O

Fernspruch des Gouvernement Köln
23 April 1918

O

Mitteilung des Kogenluft zum Tod Richthofens
23 April 1918

O

Mitteilung für die Presse zum Tod Manfred von Richthofens
23 April 1918

O

Gefangenenvernehmung
23 April 1918

O

Dem tapferen und würdigen Gegner
23 April 1918

O

Meldung des Reuterbüros
23 April 1918

O

Bericht des Reuter-Sonderberichterstatters bei der englischen Armee
23 April 1918

O

Andre Tudesq - Sonderberichterstatter
23 April 1918

O

Morning Post
23 April 1918

O

Daily Chronicle
23 April 1918

O

Täglichen Rundschau
23 April 1918

O

Verordnungsblatt für die Luftstreitkräfte
23 April 1918

O

Im Hauptausschuß des Reichstages
23 April 1918

O

In der Vollversammlung des Reichstages
23 April 1918

O

Der 'Times'
23 April 1918

O

Abwurf der Todesmeldung durch englische Flieger hinter der deutschen Front
24 April 1918

O

Telegram from Empress Auguste Viktoria to Richthofen's mother
24 April 1918

O

Obituary on Von Richthofen, from the British newspaper 'Aeroplane' from April 24, 1918
24 April 1918

O

Telegramm von der Kaiserin
24 April 1918

O

Funkspruch nach Kortryk
24 April 1918

O

Heeresbericht
24 April 1918

O

Bericht von Kaiser Wilhelm II
24 April 1918

O

Bericht von General von Hindenburg
24 April 1918

O

Bericht von General von Hoeppner
24 April 1918

O

Brief des Generals von der Marwitz an den Vater
25 April 1918

O

Les obseques du Corsaire Rouge
25 April 1918

O

Telegramm zu Geheimrat Dr. Paasche
25 April 1918

O

Groß war die Trauer in Deutschland
27 April 1918

O

Bericht des Kriegsberichterstatters Dr. Max Osborn
27 April 1918

O

Erkennung des Hauptmans Reinhard zum Kommandeur
29 April 1918

O

MvR obituary
30 April 1918

O

His successor Reinhard speaks
2 May 1918

O

Trauerfeier für Manfred
5 May 1918

O

Richthofen-Gedächtnisfeier
5 May 1918

O

Gedächtnisrede von Herrn Dr. Bülow
9 May 1918

O

De l'Echo de Paris
10 May 1918

O

Bericht von Hauptmann Reinhard
15 May 1918

O

Feier im Kreise der Verwandten
26 May 1918

O

Funkspruch der II. Armee
1 August 1918

O

Bericht von Hermann Göring
20 August 1918

O

Aufruf zur Errichtung eines Denkmals
26 August 1918

O

Creation of the death certificate from Richthofens
1 January 1921

O

MvR wird umgebettet
21 April 1923

O

Pictures of MvR's bedroom after the war
7 November 1925

O

Ablauf der Überführung und des Begräbnisses
14 November 1925

O

Heimkehr
16 November 1925

O

Manfred hat die Heimat erreicht
17 November 1925

O

Patriotischen Feier
18 November 1925

O

Triumphfahrt durch Deutschland
18 November 1925

O

Feierlicher Empfang
19 November 1925

O

Aufbahrung in der Gnadenkirche
20 November 1925

O

Überführung von Richthofen nach Deutschland.
20 November 1925

O

Leichenzug und Begräbnis
20 November 1925

O

Die Beisetzung
28 October 1926

O

Richthofens Grab in 1931
1 January 1928

O

Gedächtnissstätte für MvR
1 January 1930

O

Hermann Göring über den 21. April 1918
21 April 1933

O

Vorwort zum 1933 Ausgabe der rote Kampflfiegers
21 April 1933

O

MvR's house in Schweidnitz opens up as a museum in his honour.
21 April 1933

O

Einleitung von Bolko Freiherr von Richthofen zum Nachdruck des Roten Kamppfliegers von 1933.
1 January 1934

O

John C. Hook's visit to the Richthofen Museum
14 March 1935

O

Jagdgeschwader Richthofen
1 January 1937

O

einen riesigen Grabstein
1 November 1937

O

Invaliden Cemetery Berlin
1 January 1938

O

Ein Besuch im Richthofen-Museum zu Schweidnitz
21 April 1938

O

Zum Geleit (Italiaander)
1 January 1975

O

Richthofens Familiengrab
7 June 1977

O

Excerpt of letter from Lt. Carl August von Schoenebeck to Albert Flipts.
15 February 1982

O

Kaffee und Kuchen with Hans-Georg von der Osten
1 October 1990

O

Manfred von Richthofen heute
1 January 2007

O

Es gibt wieder ein Richthofen-Denkmal in seiner Heimatstadt Schweidnitz
1 June 2007

O

Introduction to The Life and Death of an Ace by Peter Kilduff, by MvR's nephew Manfred
21 April 2018

O

Inauguration of an anamorphic work of art commemorating MvR
1 March 2020

O

Käte Oltersdorf
9 August 2022

O

Recent pictures of the house in Swidnica
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