19 January

(UTC+1)

Events on this day in the life of Manfred von Richthofen

Richard Wenzl speaks about "typenprüfungen" in Adlershof

Richthofen, Beyond the legend of the Red Baron, Peter Kilduff, Arms and Armour, 1993??p. 172??

19 January 1918
Berlin

“These Typenprüfungen were an achievement of Richthofen, who was of the viewpoint that not just any old home-front pilot, most of all (not) one working for one of the aircraft companies, should be the man who determines what will be flown at the Front. Thus, representatives from all of the Jagdstaffeln at the Front came to these tests. The individual types were test-flown, (and) then the gentlemen agreed amongst themselves on which types were best suited at the moment…”

Commanded to Adlershof

Jagd in Flanderns Himmel, Karl Bodenschatz, Verlag Knorr & Hirth München, 1935??p. 60??

19 January 1918
Berlin-Johaninistal-Adlershof
Berlin

“The commander will travel to Berlin-Adlershof on January 19, where he is posted for a while.”

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