And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
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.
I read in the book "Iron Men With Wooden Wings" by Lou Cameron that Voss was Jewish and ironically had the rune of Thor's hammer painted on his plane. the Nazi party would adopt that same rune as its symbol.
Hermann Goring is missing from the photo. He didn't join the squadron until after Richthofen's death. He ultimately assumed command of the Flying Circus and was the most successful German ace (22 victories) to actually survive the war.
Some of the comments have aroused my inner curmudgeonly nit-picker. First off, Werner Voss and Ernst Udet wouldn't be in the same photo. Voss was killed in action (famously, in an epic battle) in September 1917, and Udet didn't join the Richthofen group until March 1918 according to his own account. Hermann Goering wasn't the top surviving ace: Udet was, with 62 credited victories. Several other aces made it to the end with higher tallies than Goering: Bruno Loerzer, the Ritter van Schleich, Theo Osterkamp, and maybe others. Come on. guys.
Manfred von Richtofen
ReplyDeleteManfred von Richthofen...........AKA "The Red Barron"
ReplyDeleteSnoopy?
DeleteTen twenty thirty forty fifty or more...
DeleteThe Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up a score. Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree, of the Bloody Red Baron of Ger-man-y.
DeleteYea yea we all know it's Der Baron, so now who's gonna I.D. the rest of the circus members?
ReplyDeleteFlyers of stringless kites.
ReplyDeleteWho are the men around the Baron? All Jasta11 men, but....?
ReplyDeleteCaptain 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.
DeleteBefore they had earned their Pour le Merites. About 1916? They look so young. See pictures of these guys in 1918, if they lived that long.
ReplyDeleteI read in the book "Iron Men With Wooden Wings" by Lou Cameron that Voss was Jewish and ironically had the rune of Thor's hammer painted on his plane. the Nazi party would adopt that same rune as its symbol.
ReplyDeleteHermann Goring is missing from the photo. He didn't join the squadron until after Richthofen's death. He ultimately assumed command of the Flying Circus and was the most successful German ace (22 victories) to actually survive the war.
ReplyDeleteBoy, you guys are good. I thought it was Lord Flashheart and his squadron of twenty-minuters.
ReplyDeleteSeated man? Why are you assuming gender? lol.
ReplyDeleteSome of the comments have aroused my inner curmudgeonly nit-picker. First off, Werner Voss and Ernst Udet wouldn't be in the same photo. Voss was killed in action (famously, in an epic battle) in September 1917, and Udet didn't join the Richthofen group until March 1918 according to his own account. Hermann Goering wasn't the top surviving ace: Udet was, with 62 credited victories. Several other aces made it to the end with higher tallies than Goering: Bruno Loerzer, the Ritter van Schleich, Theo Osterkamp, and maybe others. Come on. guys.
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