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Fliegerblatt, 2016 (no.6)

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Worthing Advertiser

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Littlehampton Gazette

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Midhurst & Petworth Observer

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After his early flights and subsequent first solo flight he moved to bombing in Russia and gaining experience before finally being given command of his own squadron. After already having gained a number of victories, command of his own squadron also led to him choosing to have his aircraft painted in overall red, so his enemies would know him. In addition to the pictures of Richthofen himself, there are pictures of his own and his units' various aircraft, along with others to illustrate the various types which became his victims. Following a section on Defending the Siegfried Line, and his liking of a silver cup to commemorate each of his individual victories, a routine he only stopped when the silver to make them became unavailable. Then we get to the story of his end. While for so long thought to have been killed by the Canadian pilot, Captain Roy Brown, an autopsy later revealed that the bullet which killed him came from a .303 rifle bullet, fired from the ground. He was buried with full honours, and his remains later moved to a war cemetery in Berlin. Photos included do show the remains of the Fokker Triplane in which he was finally shot down, and the interest in those remains for souvenirs by soldiers on the ground. An interesting addition to the history of this famous WW1 Ace.

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Military Modelling, Robin Buckland