I want to become a pilot
Event ID: 491
30 May 1915
50.98033853742382, 6.897883820507864
Flieger-Ersatzabteilung 7
Köln
Source ID: 22
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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