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MvRs dad visits him in Lazaret 76

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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

07 July 1917

july 1917?
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Lazaret 76 (Sint-Niklaas Hospital)
Kortrijk

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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.   

‘On 6 July 1917, Manfred von Richthofen was wounded in the head during an attack on British bombers. Despite damage to his optic nerve, he was able to make an emergency landing. In August, Major Albrecht von Richthofen, local commander near Lille (France), visited his son in hospital.’

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