Im Feld Juli 1917 Arnold Busch. (picture source: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine)

De Albatros D.V Nr D 1177/17 van Manfred von Richthofen waarmee hij neerkwam bij Wervik. Het toestel lijkt vrijwel onbeschadigd aan de grond te zijn gezet.

Adjudant Karl Bodenschatz kijkt toe hoe Manfred von Richthofen speelt met een van zijn honden op het vliegveld van de Markebeke. V.l.n.r. J. Wolff, Bodenschatz, MvR, Gussman, onbekend, Steinhauser. (vooraan ligt de loodsdeur die men neerliet als men het toestel naar buiten rolde.)(picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Brief aan Lt. Otto Brauneck (picture source: Wereldoorlog I Marke)

MvR met 'Geschwaderstock' samen met zijn verpleegster Käthe Oltersdorf (Fräulein Kätie) in de tuin van het Sint-Niklaasziekenhuis (veldlazaret 76) te Kortrtijk

Side view of Manfred von Richthofen whilst recovering from his head wound. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Manfred von Richthofen en Oblt. Kurt Wolff na hun terugkeer uit het lazaret, omringd door officieren van het Jagdgeschwader I, aan de achterkant van het kasteel van Baron de Bethune, in 1917 op de Markebeke, met achteraan links en rechts, Käthe Oltersdorf en Manfreds vader. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Am 6. Juli 1917 wurde Manfred von Richthofen während eines Angriffs auf englische Bombenflugzeuge am Kopf verwundet. Trotz Schädigung des Sehnervs konnte er notlanden. Im August besuchte Major Albrecht von Richthofen, Ortskommandant in der Nähe von Lille (Frankreich), seinen Sohn im Lazarett. (picture source: Der rote Kampfflieger von Rittmeister Manfred Freiherrn von Richthofen, 1990 mit Einführung von Nato-Generalsekretär Dr. Manfred Wörner, mit dem 'Reglement für Kamppflieger'.)

An informal shot of MvR with his Great Dane moritz. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Lt. Reinhard op bezoek bij MvR in het Sint-Niklaasziekenhuis te Kortrijk.

MvR te bed in het Sint-Niklaasziekenhuis (Lazaret 76) te Kortrijk. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Richthofen being assisted into his flight gear prior to boarding Albatros C.IX 4508/16. Note he is wearing the localized strapped-on bandage. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Jasta 11 Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen omringd door zijn piloten te Marke 1917 (foto's genomen voor de serres op het kasteel van Baron de Bethune). (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Jasta 11 Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen omringd door zijn piloten te Marke 1917 (foto's genomen voor de serres op het kasteel van Baron de Bethune). (The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Pour le mérite-Feier bei der Jagdstaffel 6. Richthofen schmückt Dostler mit seinem eigenen Pour le mérite.

Jasta 11 viert haar 200ste overwinning. Manfred von Richthofen zit in het midden met de 'Geschwaderstock'; eigenaardig genoeg is Lt. von de Osten, die de 200ste overwinning behaalde, niet op de foto te vinden. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Generaal Ludendorff in gesprek met Manfred von Richthofen tijdens zijn bezoek aan Jasta 11 op 19 augustus 1917 op de Markebeke (bemerk de 'boomloze' dreef naar de hoeve Bekaert met op de achtergrond de kerk van Bissegem; op het middenplan staat het toestel van MvR, Staffelführer, let ook nog op de cockpitladder.

Manfred von Richthofen in gesprek met generaal Ludendorff op het vliegveld van Jasta 11 op de Markebeke. (Foto genomen vanop de alarmtoren rechts van de dreef die naar de hoeve Bekaert leidt; bemerk ook rechts op de achtergrond de zijgebouwen van het kasteel de Bethune en de hoeve Bossuyt). (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Manfred von Richthofen naast 3 andere dragers van de "Pour le Mérite", tijdens de parade voor de Keizer, op 20 augustus 1917. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Prinz Hohenlohe in gesprek met von Richthofen (met hoofdverband) op de Keizerparade van 20 augustus 1917. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

MvR Leichenzug 1925 - Invalidenfriedhof Berlin. (picture source: Der rote Kampfflieger von Rittmeister Manfred Freiherrn von Richthofen, 1990 mit Einführung von Nato-Generalsekretär Dr. Manfred Wörner, mit dem 'Reglement für Kamppflieger'.)

Manfred von Richthofen in gesprek met de majoor Willberg van de Generale Staf van de Luchtmacht.

MvR explaining the Fokker F1's combat features to Generalmajor Karl von Lossberg, 4. Armée's Chief of Staff.

Manfred von Richthofen, A. Fokker en Dr. Michaelis in gesprek op de Markebeke. (Op de achtergrond staat Oblt. Bodenschatz, Geschwaderadjudant). (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Bezoek van Rijkskanselier Dr. Michaelis aan het JG. 1 op 25/8/1917 op de Markebeke (op de achtergrond de nu nog bestaande woning van de familie Vandenweghe langs de Markebekestraat). (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Rijkskanselier Dr. Michaelis in gesprek met Manfred von Richthofen. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Rijkskanselier Dr. Michaelis in 1917 in gesprek met Manfred von Richthofen op de Markebeke (let op Richthofens hoofdverband).

Rijkskanselier Dr. Michaelis en Graf Sixt von Arnhim in 1917 in gesprek met A. Fokker na diens demonstratie op het vliegveld van de Markebeke. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Manfred von Richthofen samen met piloten van de Jasta 11 met links de gebroken 4-bladige propeller van een neergeschoten Engels B.E.-2 toestel op het kasteel van Baron de Bethune. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Manfred von Richthofen bezoekt Jasta 10, v.l.n.r. Loewenhardt, Bodenschatz, Kühn, von Richthofen, Heldmann, Schäfer, Aue en Grassmann. (Deze foto werd genomen in de boomgaard van de hoeve van Medard Vandewoestijne-"Slossens" de barak op de achtergrond is een "Werkstatt".) (picture source: Stichting De Bethune - Archief en bibliotheek)

Richthofen enjoys a smoke break with (L-R) Löwenhardt, Hugo Schäfer, Karl Bodenschatz, March 1918 (Greg Vanwyngarden) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

MvR talking with Oberleutnant Richard Flashar whilst on a visit to Jasta 5 at Boistrancourt. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Das Bild zeigt Manfred von Richthofen als Kind im Alter von etwa zwei oder drei Jahren (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Das Bild zeigt Manfred von Richthofen als Kind im Alter von etwa sieben Jahren. Er trägt einen Matrosen-Anzug, der in der Zeit sehr modern war. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Die Villa in der Striegauer Straße 10 in Schweidnitz, wohin die Familie 1901 zieht. Hier eine Aufnahme aus den 1930'er Jahren, nach Eröffnung des Richthofen-Museums.

Da Vater Richthofen die militärische Karriere für seinen ältesten Sohn gewählt hatte, trat Manfred v. R. im August 1903 in die Kadetten-Anstalt Wahlstatt an der Katzbach (heute Legnickie Pole/ Polen) ein. Dort bewohnte er dieselbe Stube, die 50 Jahre zuvor Paul von Beneckendorf und von Hindenburg (späterer Generalfeldmarschall und Reichspräsident) bewohnt hatte. In das ehemalige Benediktiner- Kloster wurde 1840 die Kadettenanstalt einquartiert.

Die Aufnahme zeigt die drei Brüder von Richthofen. Karl-Bolko ist erst vier Jahre alt, Manfred bereits Kadett und in Uniform. Lothar ist zu dieser Zeit Schüler. Er ging erst nach seinem Schulabschluss zum Militär. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Hauptkadettenanstalt Berlin-Lichterfelde. Hier wurde Manfred von Richthofen zwischen 1909 und 1911 unterrichtet. Hier traf er Hauptmann von Salzmann, den er 1917 in Berlin-Grunewald beim Pferderennen wiedertreffen würde.

Hauptkadettenanstalt Berlin-Lichterfelde. Hier wurde Manfred von Richthofen zwischen 1909 und 1911 unterrichtet. Hier traf er Hauptmann von Salzmann, den er 1917 in Berlin-Grunewald beim Pferderennen wiedertreffen würde.

Zu Ostern tritt er in das Ulanen-Regiment 'Kaiser Alexander III. von Rußland' (westpreußisches) Nr. 1 als Fähnrich ein. Die Garnison befindet sich in Militsch bzw. Ostrowo direkt an der Grenze zum russischen Zaren-Reich.

Das schönste Wesen, das je die Welt geschaffen hat, ist die echte Ulmer Dogge, mein 'kleines Schoßhündchen', der Moritz. Richthofen und sein Kamerad Zeumer kauften für 5 RM zwei Welpen und nannten sie 'Max und Moritz' - so wie die beiden 'bösen Buben' aus Wilhelm Buschs Lausbuben- Geschichte. Max fiel einem Verkehrsunfall zum Opfer. Moritz bezahlte seinen Übermut mit 'einem Ohr'. Gerhard Böhme (Bruder des Pour le Mérite-Fliegers Erwin Böhme) versorgte die Verletzung, deren Ursache eine 'unliebsame Begegnung' mit einem Propeller gewesen war. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Den Pokal 'Dem Sieger im Luftkampf' erhielt jeder Soldat, der eine gegnerische Maschine zum Absturz gebracht hatte.

Die Treppe des Schlosses Roucourt im Jahr 1995. Das Gebäude ist allerdings nicht mehr im Originalzustand, da es noch im Ersten Weltkrieg abbrannte. Aber die Treppe sieht noch so aus wie im Jahr 1917.

Manfred von Richthofen fliegt mit Constanin Krefft nach Bad Kreuznach ins Kaiserliche Hauptquartier. Manfred von Richthofen Kogenluft Ernst von Hoeppner Hermann v. d. Lieth-ThomsenDort trifft er den Kommandierenden General der Luftstreitkräfte (Kogenluft), Generalleutnant Ernst von Hoeppner und Oberstleutnant Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen, den Chef des Generalstabes der Luftstreitkräfte.

Generalfeldmarschall v. Hindenburg begrüßt Manfred im Großen Hauptquartier. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Manfred von Richthofen wird von der Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria empfangen - sie übergibt ihm ein Geschenk anlässlich seines 25. Geburtstages

Bei einem Aufenthalt in Berlin-Grunewald trifft Manfred von Richthofen seinen ehemaligen Lehrer von der Kadettenanstalt, Hauptmann Salzmann (picture source: Red Baron, The Life and Death of an Ace, Peter Kilduff, A David & Charles book, 2007)

Manfred von Richthofen surrounded by a large group of young admirers. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021

Lothar, Albrecht und Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Lothar war am 13. Mai bei einem Absturz schwer verwundet worden. Tags darauf erhielt er den Orden Pour le Mérite verliehen. Dieses Bild wurde am 15. Juni in Seclin (südl. von Lille/ Frankreich) aufgenommen. Wenig später wurde Lothar zur weiteren Behandlung nach Hamburg verlegt. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Manfred von Richthofen and Anthony Fokker with one of Richthofen's victims, a Sopwith Pup B1795. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

A delighful informal photograph of MvR with his Great Dane Moritz. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Das militärische Vermächtnis Manfred von Richthofens: 'Sollte ich nicht zurück kommen, so soll Oberleutnant [Wilhelm] Reinhard (Jasta 6) die Führung des Geschwaders übernehmen, Freiherr von Richthofen, Rittmeister'

MvR with his dog Moritz at Lechelle with Leutnant Erich Lowenhardt. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Öffentliche Bekanntmachung des Todes von Richthofens (hier in der Weimarschen Landes-Zeitung)

Quelle: BArch MSg 1/788 Die Abbildung zeigt die Todesanzeige der Familie für Manfred von Richthofen in der Preußischen Zeitung (Kreuz-Zeitung) vom 29. April 1918

Todesanzeige des Jagdgeschwaders für seinen gefallenen Kommandeuer

Richthofen wurde mit einer Vielzahl Orden der Bundesstaaten des Deutschen Reiches, aber auch befreundeter Staaten ausgezeichnet

Erstellung der Sterbeurkunde von Richthofens. Als Offizier im Ulanen-Regiment Nr. 1 hatte er seinen Wohnsitz in seiner Garnison Ostrowo (Provinz Posen). Gemäß der Gesetze gibt es - nach dem Tod - eine offizielle Rückmeldung an das Standesamt der Heimatgemeinde: Sterbeeintrag 245/1918 beim Standesamt Ostrowo Ostrowo am 26. August 1918 'Der Kommandeur der Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 9 hat mitgeteilt, dass der Rittmeister vom Ulanen-Regiment No. 1, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthoven[*], 25 Jahre alt, evangelischer Religion, wohnhaft in Ostrowo, geboren zu Breslau, ledig, Sohn des Major außer Dienst Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen und dessen Ehefrau Kunigunde, geborene von Schickfuss Neudorf, wohnhaft in Schweidnitz, in den Kämpfen [nördlich von] Vaux-Somme am einundzwanzigsten April des Jahres eintausend neunhundert und achtzehn an den erhaltenen Verwundungen verstorben sei.' Unterschrift. Bemerkenswert ist, dass die Rückmeldung des Todes des Rittmeisters über die Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung erfolgte. Ein Hinweis darauf, dass das Jagdgeschwader 1 organisatorisch der FEA 9, als Ersatztruppe, zugeteil war. Rechtschreibfehler im Dokument: [*] richtig: Richthofen

Detail vom Sterbeurkunde

Jasta 11 in March 1917

Manfred und Ilse (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Todesanzeige

Pour le Mérite party voor Dostler

Jagdstaffel 11. Festner, Schäfer, Manfred, Lothar, Kurt Wolff (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Manfred und Direktor Fokker (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

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.)

Generak v. Falkenhausen, Oberbefehlshaber der VI. Armee, in Manfreds "Villa". (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Manfred und Kurt Wollf. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Schäfer, Manfred, Kurt Wollf (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Weihnachten 1916 Der "alte Herr" (x) bei der Jagdstaffel Boelcke

Manfred und Lothar in Marckebeeke. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Der alte Herr zu Besuch in Schloß Roucourt, Mai 1917. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Das Jagdgeschwader ist vor Kaiser Wilhelm angetreten

The Kaiser taking Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen's salute at a parade in August 1917. Richthofen's bandaged head is very apparent. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Kurt Wolff, ein Österreichischer Offizier, Krefft, Manfred. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

MvR

Urlaubsflug in die Heimat. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Alle daheim, May 1917. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Ein Schnappschuß: Manfred in Zivil. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Manfred im Gespräch mit Garganico, rechts Gerstenberg. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937.)

Manfred Frhr. v. Richthofen

Abwurf der Todesmeldung durch englische Flieger hinter der deutschen Front

Richthofen in the cockpit of an Albatros D.V. The Jasta 11 red nose marking extends further aft than usual, to intersect the cockpit combing. The object hanging on the chain is the magneto key. If the key were visible that way it ensured the mags were off and the engine could not be started inadvertently via movement of the propeller. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von Richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Roy Brown's first Combat Report. (picture source: The Red Baron's Last Flight - Norman Franks - Alan Bennett)

17GW432 Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen visited his sons, Manfred and Lothar, at Roucourt, where Jasta 11 was stationed in April 1917. The Red Baron takes to a bicycle for the camera. There appears to be a nosed-over aircraft in the background.(picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd)

17GW432 The room of von Richthofen with a trophy wall bearing the serial numbers of his victims cut from the wreckage. The chandelier is a rotary engine from one of his kills. (picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd)

Baron Richthofen Field surface examination report. The body was not opened.

(picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

English Combat Report of MvR's final flight

17GW436 The Richthofen brothers, Lothar and Manfred, have their photographs taken alongside one of their new mounts - the Fokker Triplane. This type of machine had its own distinctive handling characteristics; this was especially the case because the engine rotated, wherease the Albatros engines where stationary. Pilots of Geschwader 1 who had only flown the Albatros reeived familiarization of the type by flying first the Fokker DV biplanes, which were not intended for frontline use. (picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd)

17GW448 The Red Baron, seen here visiting Kampfgeschwader 3 bomber base at Gontrode, Belgium, where he is conferring with Hauptmann Rudolf Kleine, KG3's commander (left); the unit's adjutant, Oberleutnant Gerlich, is standing centre. Escorting bombers was not to Richthofen's liking as he much preferred the hunting role rather than the defending one. Although equipped with theTriplanes some JG 1 pilots continued to fly the Albatros, as teething troubles were experienced with the new three-winged machines. (picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd)

Richthofen mingling with his pilots at Cappy, one of two photographs Ltn. Richard Wenzel said was taken on 21 April 1918. (L-R) Ltn. Wolfram von Richthofen, Vzfw. Edgar Scholtz, Oblt. Walther Karjus, Ltn. Hans-Joachim Wolff, Hptm. Kurt Lischke, Richthofen, Löwenhardt, Ltn. Werner Steinhäuser, Ltn. Hans Weiss. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

17GW456 Richthofen being dressed by attendants for a sortie, much in the manner of medieval knights of old. Because of the fur boots this picture is sometimes captioned as being the Red Baron about to take off on his last fligt, 21 April 1918; however the aircraft appears to be a biplane rather then a triplane of the type in which he was killed. (picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd)

(picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd)

The remains of 425/17 after being shot down and picked through for souvenirs. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Injuries to his face were caused by him impacting with his machine guns. He had released his harness to work on a malfunctioning gun. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Injuries to his face were caused by him impacting with his machine guns. He had released his harness to work on a malfunctioning gun. (picture source: The dramatic true story of the Red Baron, Wiliam E Burrows, 1972, Mayflower Books)

MvR appointed OberLeutnant. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Red Barons Fokker at Bertangles now being guarded from souvenir hunters

17GW491 Two Spandau IMG 08 were fitted to the cowling of the Fokker Triplane. On the Red Baron's last fight one of the weapons had ceased to function and the other was misfiring because of a split firing pin. Lieutenant May would likely have been shot down had the guns been working. Richthofen had released his harness and was working to free the mechanism when a single bullet fired from below fatally wounded him.

17GW494 Two machine guns from Richthofen's aircraft. Left to right: Lieutenant N. Mulroney (pilot); Lieutenant O G Witcomb (observer) and Lieutenant F J Mart (observer) examine the Spandau machine guns of the Red Baron. All three are members of 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC). (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

17GW493 - 17GW502 Richthofen was buried with full military honours, with much saluting and presenting of arms, on 22 April 1918 at Bertangles. Six Australian pilots served as pall bearers. However, some of the local people did not view the Boche warrior and slayer of their aviators with the same respect and that night the grave was desecrated. ((picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Australian troops march with Richthofen's body during 1818 funeral

picture source: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine

17GW498 picture source: The Great War Illustrated 1917, William Langford & Jack Holroyd

Australian troops firing a gun salute at Baron von Richthofen's funeral, Bertangles Cemetery.

Australian troops lower Richthofen's casket in Bertangles Cemetery

17GW501 picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021

17GW502 picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021

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Hindenburg bei Richthofens Beisetzung auf dem Invalidenfriedhof in Berlin. (picture source: 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)

MvR in front of his Albatros

The famed "Ehrenbecher" given by the Generalluftzeugmeister to airmen after their first victory. (picture source: Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery)

MvR showing his Pour le Mérite, Iron Cross 1st Class, Knight's Cross with Swords of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern, Duke Carl Eduard Medal Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Cross.

Richthofen's cigarette case signed by all the leaders of the various German squadrons at the front. Presented to Richthofen on his 1000th patrol.

Richthofen chats with Jasta 10 Oblt. Hans Klein during the First Fighter Competition at Adlershof, near Berlin, January 1918. The purpose of the competition was to have airplane manufacturers submit new designs to be demonstrated and then test flown by combat pilots, with the goal of developing and securing a production order to provide the best fighter possible for Germany. Although present in an official and military capacity, several candid photographs taken during the competition show Richthofen engaged, relaxed, and smiling. (Greg Vanwyngarden) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

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Werner Voss and family, and MvR

Rare picture of Manfred smiling broadly. (picture source: Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery) (picture source: Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery)

Richthofen shares an apparently jocular moment with a relieved Algneron Bird, shortly after his downing. The strap of Richthofen's head bandage is clearly visible descending from under his cap and circling beneath his chin. This photograph is one of many which demonstrate that by early September Richthofen was neither morose nor isolating himself any longer 'within his four walls' after aerial combat. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Richthogen's grave in East Berlin's Invaliden Cemetery. The tombstone, pockmarked by bullets, stands a few feet from the Berlin wall.

Victory 61 (picture source: General Internet Search)

Victory 61 (picture source: General Internet Search)

Victory 61. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

The crudely altered Balkenkreuze taken from the right side of Von Richthofen's Fokker Triplane 425/17 which was auctioned in London in 1994. It had been cut from the machine by L/Cpl A E Putman, 32 Battalion, AIF, who later gave it to a doctor who saved his life. Until its sale it had hung on the doctor's wall. (picture source: Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery)

The Balkenkreuze taken from the left side of the same Fokker Triplane which currently resides in the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto, given to them by Captain Roy Brown. The bare fabric in the centre shows the signature of 209 Squadron pilots in April 1918. (picture source: Under the guns of the Red Baron, Norman Franks, Hal Giblin and Nigel McCrery)

Fähnrich (Officer Candidate) Manfred von Richthofen, 1912 (picture source: Red Baron, The Life and Death of an Ace, Peter Kilduff, A David & Charles book, 2007)

MvR in conversation with Leutnant Alfred Gerstenberg in front of MvR's Halberstadt D. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

This photo of the helmet worn by von Richthofen on 6 July shows clearly just how close he came to being JG I’s first casualty (University of Maine – Floyd Gibbons Collection).(picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 1, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Major General von Lossberg, Chief of Staff Fourth Army, talking to aircraft designer Tony Fokker, who is seated in the cockpit of Fokker FI 102/17, while MvR and Lt Adam look on. Less than a month later, Lt Kurt Wolff would lose his life in this same machine (picture source: Beeldbank Stadsarchief Kortrijk).

The two famous von Richthofen brothers pictured here in the garden behind Château Marckebeke (Sanke card). (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

Richthofen’s quarters at Lechelle airfield. If you look closely, you can see Moritz lying on the stacked material in front of the windows. (Original book).

A newspaper photo of Richthofen’s memorial service on Thursday, 2 May 1918 in the old Garrison Church in Berlin. Four machine guns and an airplane propellor adorned the catafalque on which rested a black pillow (ordenskissen) displaying von Richthofen’s many medals. An honor guard of airmen stood to either side, between four towering columns, each one topped by a bronze urn in which a flame burned. A fitting farewell to Germany’s greatest airman (University of Maine – Floyd Gibbons Collection).

Jagdstaffel 11. Festner, Schäfer, Manfred, Lothar, Kurt Wolff. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Four views of the Richthofen museum (Sue Hayes Fisher).

Four views of the Richthofen museum (Sue Hayes Fisher).

Colorized view of the Richthofen home, after Kunigunde had opened the Richthfofen museum in 1933. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

The Richthofen memorial erected in the park across the street from his parent’s home in Schweidnitz (Old Postcard via Sue Hayes Fisher). Today the Richthofen memorial is crumbling away, and the bronze plaque has long since disappeared (Author).

The Richthofen memorial erected in the park across the street from his parent’s home in Schweidnitz (Old Postcard via Sue Hayes Fisher). Today the Richthofen memorial is crumbling away, and the bronze plaque has long since disappeared (Author).

Close-up view of the plaque. The inscription reads: ‘Memorial for Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. Born 2 May 1892. Fell on 21 April 1918. (Left) To the most successful combat pilot of the World War. (Right) To the undefeated victor of 80 aerial combats. (Below) Erected in the year 1928 from contrib-utions of his grateful homeland’ (Old Postcard).

During a visit to JG 1, Major Albrecht von Richthofen (right) listened with pride and interest as young fighter pilots discussed their work. From left: Leutnant Konstantin Krefft, Leutnant Otto Brauneck, Oberleutnant Ernst Freiherr von Althaus, MvR and Oberleutnant Erwin Böhme.

Captain Manfred von Richtofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) with the officers of the Jagdstaffel 11. From left to fight - unknown, unknown, Kurt Wolff, Ernst Udet, Werner Voss, unknown, Friedrich Noltenius, Karl Emil Schafer, unknown, Karl Allmenroder.

Richthofen aufgebahrt - Pour le Mérite-Flieger stehen Wache (rechts Curt Wüsthoff). (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Pour le Mérite-Ritter tragen den Sarg, dahinter gehen Mutter Richthofen und der Reichspräsident von Hindenburg, Generalfeldmarschall a. D. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Der Sarg Manfred von Richthofens wird in der Kirche aufgebahrt. Carl Bolle (1) hält Ehrenwache, ebenso ein (ehemaliger) Offizier des Ulanen-Regiments.

Der Sarg von Richthofens wird aus der Kirche herausgetragen und auf die Lafette eines Geschützes gestellt.

Auf dem Weg zum Invaliden-Friedhof: (1) Mutter Richthofen, (2) Bruder Karl-Bolko, (3) Paul von Hindenburg, ( ) Franz Walz, (4) Hans Klein, ( ) Paul Bäumer (5) Otto Könnecke, (6) Oskar von Boenigk, ( ) Heinrich Bongartz, (7) Alfred Keller, ( ) Josef Veltjens (verdeckt), (8) Carl Wüsthoff, (9) Carl Bolle, (10) Herrmann Köhl

(1) Alfred Keller, (2) Josef Veltjens, ( ) Julius Buckler, (3) Bruno Loerzer, (4) Paul Bäumer, (5) Oskar von Boenigk, ( ) Heinrich Bongartz

Am offenen Grab: (1) Paul von Hindenburg, (2) Franz Walz, (3) Paul Bäumer, (4) Emil Thuy, (5) Oskar von Boenigk, (6) Leo Leonhardy, (7) Alfred Keller, (8) Carl Bolle

Das Grab Manfred von Richthofens auf dem Invaliden-Friedhof in Berlin 1925.

Richthofen-Denkmal in seiner Heimatstadt Schweidnitz bei Breslau

Richthofen-Denkmal in seiner Heimatstadt Schweidnitz bei Breslau

Die neugestaltete Grabstelle. Quelle: BArch B II Richt 4. Im Jahr 1937 erfuhr die Grabstelle eine repräsentative Überarbeitung. Das Photo zeigt die neugestaltete Grabstelle, flankiert von zwei Angehörigen des Traditionsgeschwaders JG 2 "Richthofen". Der repräsentative Grabstein gelangte nach Auflösung des Grabes auf dem Berliner Invalidenfriedhof 1975 an das Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" in Wittmund.

Dem Reichsluftfahrtminister war der ursprüngliche Grabstein nicht groß genug: Er spendierte den großen, aufrecht stehenden, den man mit einer Mauer verwechseln könnte. Dieser Stein wurde 1975 nach Wittmund (zum Bundeswehrgeschwader Richthofen) transportiert, als von Richthofen (siehe 1975) nach Wiesbaden überführt wurde. Der Stein wurde 2017 vom Kasernengelände verbannt und wieder nach Berlin, auf den Invalidenfriedhof verbracht.

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Manfred von Richthofen im Jahr 1917, an der Seite erkennbar das Eiserne Kreuz 1. Klasse und das Abzeichen für Militär-Flugzeugführer. Quelle: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R18508 / Fotograf: unbekannt. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

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Quelle: BArch PH 17-I/97 (Seite 5) Durch das Gouvernement Köln erfuhr der Kommandierende General der Luftstreitkräfte am 22. April 1918 von der Mitteilung des "Daily Chronicle" über Richthofens Tod im Luftkampf und der wohlwollenden Würdigung des gefallenen Gegners durch den Kriegsberichterstatter der "Times".

Quelle: BArch PH 17-I/97 (Seite 4) Das abgebildete Dokument, eine Mitteilung der Nachrichtenagentur Reuters in Amsterdam, stellt die erste detaillierte Nachricht über Richthofens Todesumstände dar. Bereits hier wird die tödliche Kugel einem australischen MG-Schützen, der vom Boden aus auf den tieffliegenden Richthofen feuerte, zugerechnet.

Quelle: BArch PH 17-I/97 (Seite 3) Das Gouvernement Köln gab die dort empfangenen Meldungen aus den neutralen Niederlanden zum Tod Richthofens vom 22. und 23. April 1918 per Fernspruch an den Kommandierenden General der Luftstreitkräfte weiter.

Quelle: BArch PH 17-I/97 (Seite 2) Bei dem hier gezeigten Schriftstück vom 23. April 1918 handelt es sich um eine Mitteilung des Kogenluft an die Oberste Heeresleitung, die die aus den neutralen Niederlanden stammenden Meldungen zum Tod Richthofens weitergibt.

Quelle: BArch PH 17-I/97 (Seite 1) Das abgebildete Dokument vom 23. April 1918 zeigt den vom Kogenluft, General d.K.Ernst von Hoeppner, abgezeichneten Entwurf einer Mitteilung für die Presse zum Tod von Manfred von Richthofen.

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Sarg Richthofens Quelle: BArch RH 2/2288 (fol.179) Das Photo vom Leichenzug am 20. November 1925 zeigt den Sarg Richthofens auf einer Lafette. Auf dem Sarg befinden sich eine Ulanen-Tschapka und ein Offizierssäbel.

Leichenzug, 20. November 1925 Quelle: BArch RH 2/2288 (fol.179) Das Photo vom Leichenzug am 20. November 1925 zeigt die Spitze des Zuges, vorneweg einen Offizier, der auf einem Ordenskissen die - eigens von der Familie für diesen Anlaß entliehen - Auszeichnungen Richthofens trägt, den höchsten Orden, den Pour le Mérite, zuoberst.

Richthofens Grab in 1931. Quelle: BArch, Bild 183-2007-0330-500/ Fotograf unbekannt

Das erste Dutzend der von Richthofen abgeschossenen Apparate wird zum Abtransport in die Heimat verladen. (picture source: Der rote Kampfflieger von Rittmeister Manfred Freiherrn von Richthofen, 1917, 351.000 - 400.000, Verlag Ullstein & Co, Berlin-Wien)

picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press

MvR tries out a Pfalz Dr. I during a visit to Speyer in mid-december 1917. (Inside the victories of Manfred von Richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Ein Glückwunsch des Kaisers

Richthofens Staffel. (picture source: 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)

Richthofen vor seinem Dreidecker. (picture source: 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)

Information
Many thanks to Detlev Mahlo who kindly supplied the following information:
The photography is a rare aerial view of the airfield of the famous Jasta 2 (later: Jasta Boelcke) at Lagnicourt,which I had never seen before in such detail and quality. The photograph should be of some historical value for researchers and historians about WW1 air war.
In the lower right angle of two roads entering the village, you can spot the tents, which the Jasta (Jagdstaffel = fighter squadron) used for maintenance and covering of their aircraft. Near the road that goes to the bottom of the photo, we see a curved row of Albatros D.I or D.II scouts - the new fighter which regained air superiority for the Another Albatros can be seen a little further down and right - maybe just starting or landing. In the tent area we also find 3 Albatros.
Jasta 2 had its airfield at Lagnicourt from 22 September - 4 December 1916. It was commanded by Germany's top scoring ace at that time: Hauptmann Oswald Boelcke. The date the photo was taken lies only 5 days before Boelcke's death - he died in a flying accident on 28 October 1916. (Source: "The Jasta Pilots" and "Above the Lines", both Norman Franks & Frank Bailey, Grub Street, London).
It is most likely, that this aerial photography was made to trace and locate the Jasta's home field, as Jasta 2 was the most notorious fighter squadron of that time. (Boelcke alone had at this time shot down 38 enemy air-craft. Manfred von Richthofen was flying under Boelcke there, before he later became commander of his own Jagdstaffel 11).
I had made a detailed description of what the photo shows, in a forum of flight simulation. I know that is not a scientific or historical environment, but it may explain the detail a bit better.
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Jagdstaffel II. Manfred im Flugzeug. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937)

"Der rote Vogel", Manfred einsteigend (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937. )

Einer von den achtzig Gegern. Abgeschossener Bristol Fighter, 5. April 1917. (picture source: Die Erinnerungen der Mutter des roten Kampffliegers Kunigunde Freifrau von Richthofen. Im Verlag Ullstein - Berlin, 1937)

Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen getekend door Prof. Arnold Busch. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen commandeur van het Jagdgeschwader Nr. 1. (picture source: Marke 2 Wereldoorlog 1)

When Richthofen posed for this photograph in Cologne on 1 May 1917, his days as a neophyte student observer were two years behind him. But it must have given personal satisfaction to stand before an Albatros trainer similar to the one in which he had made his first flights. The 52-victory ace and Pour le Mérite recipient was on his way to meet Kaiser Wilhelm II the following day. Richthofen's luncheon appointment with the Supreme Warlord also fell on his own 25th (and last) birthday, after which he went home to Schweidnitz to work on his memoirs. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Folllowing pilot training, Richthofen flew Albatros two-seaters with Kampfstaffel 8 of Kampfgeschwader 2 over the Verdun sector. He seems subdued here in conversation with Kasta's 8 commanding officer, Hauptmann Victor Carganico, a pre-war military aviator and BAO veteran. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Manfred von Richthofen's worried look in this photograph from his KG2 days is matched by the haunting question and sombre tone of his letter of 22 June. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

With KG2 on the eastern front. A: Prince Leopold of Bavaria, B: MvR. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Kirmaier, Imelmann, MvR, Wortman. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

The famed "Ehrenbecher" given by the Generalluftzeugmeister to airmen after their first victory. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Colorized view of various items in Room 2, which among other things includes Hawker's machine gun, an interplane strut, section of propeller, a gunsight, flare guns, and a bell made out of an engine cylinder. The case at right contains Richthofen's famous silver cups and Ehrenbecher. (Lance Bronnenkant) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Boelcke's funeral. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

fltr: Hans Weiss, LvR, Leutnant Eberhard Mohnike, Hauptmann Wilhelm Haehnelt, MvR. Lothar joined Jasta 11 on 10 March 1917. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Voß and MvR somewhere after 8 April 1917, after when Voß received his Pour le Mérite. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR visits Flieger-Abteilung 258 and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Bloody April Weekly Report of 6. Armee. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Hauptmann Paul henning von Osterroht, commander of Jasta 12 with MvR looking at Manfred's Albatros D.III. The pilot behind is Unteroffizier Gille. This was the time in April 1917 that Jasta 11 joined with Jasta 12 at Epinoy airfield for a joint mission. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Jasta 11 Albatros D.IIIs in Roucourt - Kriegsbilder Linzer Tages Post. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

The brothers Richthofen and Hauptmann Erich von Salzmann in Roucourt. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

View of Richthofen's bedroom in Schweidnitz, purportedly taken in the late 1920s. Along with the sundry serial numbers, rudders, and roundels on display are taxidermic hunting trophies (left wall), the silver victory cups (far wall, center), and a table made of axial propellers (center foreground). Richthofen's bed is at far right. (Peter Kilduff) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Visit from Hoeppner. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR in HQ Köln. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR in HQ Köln. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR in HQ Köln flown by his friend Fritz Falkenhayn. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR at Köln, at the Flieger-Ersatz-Abteilung 7. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR flying a vintage 1915 Rumpler C.I, during his visit of FEA 7. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR, Krefft, Göring at HQ Köln. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR and Hauptmann Otto Zimmer-Vorhaus at Köln. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR tests a LFG Roland D.III as a potential replacement for the Albatros D.III. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR gives advice to Oberleutnant Hans Bethge, during his visit in Berlin. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR ist berühmt. (picture source: Red Baron, The Life and Death of an Ace, Peter Kilduff, A David & Charles book, 2007)

MvR with Austrian officers. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR explores the new airfield at Bavikhove (around 10 June 1917). (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR visits Naval Units of the 4th Army in his new role as commander of JG1. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR visits II. Marine-Feldflieger-Abteilung in his new role as commander of JG1. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Aerial view of Markebeke. A: Jean De Béthune's Manor. B: Jasta 11. c: Orderly room. D: Jasta 4. E: Jasta 6. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Albatros in which MvR was shot down above Wervicq.

MvR and Kurt Wolff both injured at the castle de Béthune at Marke. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Krefft, Fokker, Wolff, MvR. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

General Ludendorff bei der Jagdstaffel.

Waiting for the Kaiser, 20 August. The head-swadding is still evident beneath the cap. (Greg Vanwyngarden) (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

MvR, Fritz Falkenhayn and the Forckenbeck-Gablenz sisters. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Haus Richthofen. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR nimmt an der Hochzeit seines Kriegskameraden Fritz Prestien teil. MvR ist 5. von links.

MvR in a nun's habit.

MvR in front of Albatros D. V 4693/17 in Avesnes-le-Sec.

MvR & LvR in Avesnes-le-Sec. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR taking of from Moorsele. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Richthofen in Pfalz Dr.I 3050/17, likely prior to his flight evaluation on 12 December 1917. Pfalz Company test pilot Ernst Schlegel is at left atop the fuselage. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von Richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000

MvR seeks out his pilots himself. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Friedensverhandlungen. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Flighttests at Adlershof airfield in Berlin in the company of other aces. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR & Anthony Fokker. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR & LvR. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press )

Kurt Wüsthoff, Wilhelm Reinhard, MvR, Erich Löwenhardt, LvR. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

With his back to the wind, a ground handler holds down Richthofen's tail as he runs up an Albatros D.V at Boistrancourt, March 1918. Closeup examination of strut markings indicate the serial number was 4479/17. Note the grass and Richthofen's fur coat blowing in the slipstream. (picture source:Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

A jocular Richthofen chats with Jasta 5 pilots across the empennage of a Fokker triplane after flying to Boistrancourt, 17 March 1918. Often on such errands Richthofen flew the first airplane on hand, in this case Jasta 6's 525/17. (L-R) Richthofen, unknown, Ltn. Hans-Joachim von Hippel, Oblt. Richard Flashar, unknown, Ltn. Hans Schlömer, Ltn. Wilhelm Lehmann. (pictures source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Members of the Reichstag visit MvR in Lechelle. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Combat report victory 66.

MvR relaxing and smoking, a rare sight. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

75th victory in the papers. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR preparing to take of in the Fokker Dr. I 127/17, to obtain his 76th victory. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Combat report victory 80.

MvR autopsy. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

No. 3 Squadron, AFC, contributed a broken R.E.8 propeller to be fashioned into a Christian symbol suitable for Richthofen's grave marker. (Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

Le Rhone Engine of the Fokker Dr. I in which MvR died. (picture source: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search Engine)

MvR's fur boots. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR's seat, with the alleged bulletholes. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR's death in Die Schlesische Zeitung. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Leichenzug und Begräbnis. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

MvR's Ordenskissen. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

Das Haus in Schweidnitz.

Lt. Krefft becomes MvR's Technical Officer. (picture source: The Illustrated Red Baron - The life and times of Manfred von Richthofen - Peter Kilduff -Cassel & Co - 2000)

The remains of 425/17 being picked clean. Note the Maxim machine guns leaning on the tubular steel airframe. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

MvR in front of a Fokker Dr I. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

An enthusiastic horseman, Manfred (left) is seen at the horse trials held in Breslau in 1913. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

Then the leading German air ace, Oswald Boelcke, chats with Lt. Höhne seated in the cockpit of a D.H.2 from No. 24 Sqdn, RFC, which he had shot down as his 24th victory. MvR looks on. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

Boelckes beerdigung. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press )

(left to right) Sandel, Müller, MvR, Günther, Kirmaier, Imelmann, König, Höhne, Wortmann, Collin. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

April 1917 and a selection of Jasta 11 pilots gather for the camera: (left to right) Hartmann, Plüschow, Krefft, Simon, Wolff, Esser, MvR, LvR, Hintsch, Brauneck, Matthof and Allmenröder. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

MvR, his mother Kunigunde, sister Ilse and brother Bolko. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

The helmet worn by MvR bears the marks of use.

The cat mascot that would survive him. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

What remains today of MvR's grave in Bertangles. (picture source: Manfred von Richthofen, The man and the aircraft he flew, David Baker, 1990, Outline Press)

Jasta 2's Albatros Scouts prepare for flight at Lagnicourt. Richthofen in his light-coloured pullover is training his field-glasses on the distant front line. Imelmann and Kirmaier stand close by. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

MvR, on the left, while talking to Krefft, Wolff and Brauneck, on the front steps of the château at Roucourt, April 1917. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

Karl Allmenröder and MvR discussing the coming day's operations. April 1917. The airfield is off to the right, the château within the trees on the left. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

This photograph was taken on 15 April 1917 at Epinoy airfield when Jasta 11 and Jasta 12 joined together for a mission. Left to right: Leutnant Schock, Leutnant Bevar, Hauptmann Paul von Osterroht, Vizefeldwebel Grigo and MvR. Richthofen is seen wearing his well-worn leather flying jacket and his fur-lined flying helmet. (picture source: The Red Baron, a photographic album of the first world war's greatest ace, Manfred von Richthofen, Terry C Treadwell, Pen and Sword Books, 2021)

Another picture taken during this same visit. Otto Brauneck, MvR, Major von Richthofen, Böhme, Krefft. Although a pilot, Constantin Krefft was also the unit's Technical Officer. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

MvR speaking to General Ernst von Hoeppner, General Officer Commanding the German Air Service, with Oberst Hermann von der Lieth-Thomsen, on the left. The latter was Chief of the General Staff to the Commanding General of the Air Service (May 1917). (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

MvR in his leathers, ready for flight. Not the most flattering picture, he looks a bit like the Jaws character in the James Bond movies. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

One of the mysteries of MvR's eighty claims had been scored on the evening of 23 June 1917. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

From time to time, Jasta leaders would be summoned to conferences to discuss the changing circumstances at the front. This particular gathering was at the Jastaschule at Famars. Richthofen is sixth from the left in his fur coat. A number of well-known faces can be picked out and in particular the officer at the back in the light-coloured cap, 7th from the right. This is Karl Bolle, commanding Jasta 2 Boelcke. Jasef Mai of Jasta 5 stands in the doorway, left hand side.

Something to smile about. Kurt Wolff, Constantin Krefft, MvR in his leather jacket. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

Lothar and Manfred von Richthofen visiting with colleagues Leutnants von der Osten, Esser and Steinhauser. (picture source: Inside the victories of Manfred von richthofen - Volume 2, James F. Miller, Aeronaut Books, 2016)

In late August 1917, the new Fokker Dr.I Triplane was brought to the front by its designer, Dutchman Anthony Fokker. This picture shows a group of high-ranking German officers visiting JG1 at Marckebeke at this time. To the left of von Richthofen is Oberleutnant Fritz von Falkenhayn (son of General Erich von Falkenhayn, Chief of the German General Staff), who had been a memberof BAO. Almost centre in the light coat is German Chancellor, Dr Georg Michaelis. The bearded man is General Friedrich Sixt von Arnim, commander of the German Fourth Army. (picture source: The Red Baron, a history in pictures, Norman Franks, 2016, Pen & Sword Books)

Among the staff officers accompanying General Sixt von Armin was the Officer in Charge of Aviation, Hauptmann Helmuth Wilber, who made his own inspection of JG 1 accompanied by Richthofen and Bodenschatz. (picture source: Richthofen, Beyond the legend of the Red Baron, Peter Kilduff, Arms and Armour, 1993)