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Photograph C04890 First World War, 1914-1918The grave of Count Richthofen (the famous German airman, who was brought down by the australian machine gun fire) at Bertangles.

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WREATH-COVERED GRAVE OF BARON MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN, THE FAMOUS GERMAN PILOT WHO WAS BROUGHT DOWN BY AUSTRALIAN MACHINE GUN FIRE.
The grave of Count Richthofen (the famous German airman, who was brought down by the australian machine gun fire) at Bertangles.

MESSAGE FROM GERMAN FLYING SERVICE, 4 MAY 1918, REQUESTING NEWS OF BARON MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN WHO HAD BEEN BROUGHT DOWN BY ALLIED ACTION. PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES OF MESSAGE.
Portrait of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, Geschwader 1, German Air Service, who was shot down and killed near Corbie, France, on 21 April 1918. The death of Manfred von Richthofen, or the Red Baron, h

BERTANGLES CEMETERY, FRANCE. 1918-04-22. FUNERAL OF GERMAN FLYING ACE BARON MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN. MEMBERS OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) LOWER THE COFFIN INTO THE GRAVE. (DONOR S. CLEREHAN)

A German Fokker DR I single seat fighting scout triplane. This was the type of aircraft flown by Manfred Von Richthofen ('The Red Baron').
The firing party at the funeral of Captain Von Richthofen, the renowned German pilot who was brought down in April 1918 by the Lewis gunners of the 53rd Battery, Australian Field Artillery.
