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Reuters news agency statement

https://www.bundesarchiv.de/DE/Content/Virtuelle-Ausstellungen/Manfred-Von-Richthofen-Der-Rote-Kampfflieger/manfred-von-richthofen-der-rote-kampfflieger.html p. ??

23 April 1918
On a ridge by the Bray to Corbie road
Vaux-sur-Somme

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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