Organisational changes

    Event ID: 698

    Categories: 

    Military Logs and Documents
    Deutsch
    Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016

    21 January 1917

    50.1751787859427, 3.0030483257349845
    Pronville

    Source ID: 61

    Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016 p.  90 

    ISBN: 978-1-935881-42-1

    “Kofl 6th Army Weekly Activity Report:

    Organisational changes: On 20 January 1917, Lt. Frhr. v. Richthofen (Jagdstaffel Boelcke) took over command of Jagdstaffel 11. The previous commander of Jagdstaffel 11, Oberlt. Lang, took over command of Fighter Squadron 28 with the 4th Army on the same day.

    Special note: Lt. Frh. v. Richthofen, Fighter Squadron 11, was awarded the Pour le Mérite medal on 21 January 1917 for successfully shooting down 16 enemy aircraft.”

    Comments (0)

    Leave a Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Back To Top