Reuters news agency statement
Event ID: 461
23 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 4) “The illustrated document, a report from the Reuters news agency in Amsterdam, is the first detailed report on the circumstances of Richthofen’s death. Even here, the fatal bullet is attributed to an Australian machine gunner who fired at the low-flying Richthofen from the ground.”
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