MvR comments on von der Osten’s 4th victory

    Event ID: 573

    Catégories :

    Témoignage
    Anglais
    Beyond the legend of the Red Baron

    30 novembre 1917

    50.25304237994465, 3.3653950382567883
    Avesnes-le-Sec

    Source ID: 33

    Richthofen, Beyond the legend of the Red Baron, Peter Kilduff, Arms and Armour, 1993

    ISBN: 1854091271

    « One of the backstaggered de Havillands was brought down at 1345 by Leutnant Georg von der Osten of Jasta 11, who later recalled of his fourth victory: « It crashed into the shell-torn ground south of Bourlon Wood. Immediately after the  landing, Richthofen congratulated me, but at the same time rebuked me because after my first attack I had not followed the crippled aeroplane into the first turn. I had had to turn away because of the attack by another Englishman who, as we used to say in front-line German, « was spitting into my crate from behind ». I mention this to show how closely Richthofen kept watch over the whole battle scene. »

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