• an old photo of two men shaking hands
    Erz. v. Hoeppner, Kommandierender General der Luftstreitkräfte, begrüßt Manfred. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)
  • a group of men standing around an old airplane
    Jagdstaffel II. Manfred im Flugzeug. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937)
  • a group of men standing next to each other
    Visit from Hoeppner. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Ernst von Hoeppner, visits Jasta 11

Event ID: 235

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General Event
Deutsch
http://www.frontflieger.de/4-ric13.html

22 April 1917

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Roucourt

Source ID: 8

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The commanding general of the air force, Ernst von Hoeppner, visits Fighter Squadron 11 in Roucourt. Richthofen’s aerial victory is the squadron’s 100th. Manfred von Richthofen had also achieved the squadron’s first aerial victory on 23 January 1917.

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