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I want to become a pilot

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Der rote Kampfflieger von Rittmeister Manfred Freiherrn von Richthofen, 1933, Eingeleitet und ergänzt von Bolko Freiherr von Richthofen, mit einem Vorwort von Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring, Verlag Ullstein & Co, Berlin

30 May 1915

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Der rote Kampfflieger von Rittmeister Manfred Freiherrn von Richthofen, 1933, Eingeleitet und ergänzt von Bolko Freiherr von Richthofen, mit einem Vorwort von Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring, Verlag Ullstein & Co, Berlin p.  21 

“When he joined the air force in May 1915, he literally answered my question as to why he had decided to do so: ‘I don’t want to be just an observer, I want to be an aeroplane pilot and, if I succeed, the best of them all! And his blue eyes shone, bearing witness to the firmness of his resolve.”

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