manfred von richthofen's aircraft.
i have done some researching and i have found a list of all the aircraft that MvR either flew or was part of it's crew.
Okay from the top:
Roland C.II
fokker E.III
albatros D.I
albatros D.II
albatros D.III
Halberstadt D.II
albatros D.V
Fokker F.I
Fokker Dr.I
Geat research! This pushed me to finally make a page of our Wiki dedicated to him. Here it is:
http://79.170.44.100/wikiofglory.inf...von_Richthofen
It is still a stub, with a lot more to be written there. Please add any detail that you found and you'd like to share. Pklease notice that planes and units at the bottom are only for the ones depicred in the game - feel fre to add there too!
Thanks so much, really.
You may like this then..
Sapiens qui vigilat... "He is wise who watches"
AEG GII, pre - Roland
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
I doubt he ever flew Abatros D.I. Have never found any source confirming that.
Moreover, two planes are missing in the list:
a) a 2-engine bomber (uknown type) he flew in Brirftauben-Abteilung (later KG 2)while stationed at Ostende is missing in the list. During one of the bombing mission he lost a piece of his little finger touching a spinning propeller,
b) Aviatk C.I he flew in Champagne along with von Osterroht. He shot down a Farman in Sep. 1915.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
MvR's first confirmed "kill" was while flying an Albatros D.I on September 17th 1916.
The previous day, Jasta 2 received 5 D.Is and a single D.II, one of the prototypes, for Boelcke himself.
At that time, the Jasta could boast only four planes; Boelcke's 'personal' Fokker D.III, a single Fokker D.I, a "refurbished" Halberstadt flown, with special permission, by Bohme, and a single Albatros D.I flown in from Jasta 1 by Leopold Reimann.
On the 17th Boelcke led a kette of 5 Albatros scouts into action, and MvR scored his first victory.
Since the Jasta had only a single D.II, flown by Boelcke, MvR must have been flying a D.I.
The Osprey books "Jagdstaffel 2 'Boelcke'", and Air Vanguard 5 "Albatros D.I - D.II" both carry this information.
Andy's a) above is widely believed to be the AEG GII I mentioned before - Zoe has done a repaint of this plane, with a rather fetching black cat on the fuselage sides.
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/sho...ainting-thread
MvR certainly flew Jasta 2's Fokker D.I on several occasions, but scored no victories in it.
Last edited by Flying Helmut; 02-21-2017 at 14:05.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Do you want all the planes he flew/flew in "in combat", or "all the planes he flew"?
"The Blue Max Airmen" Volume 5, dedicated solely to MvR, includes photographs of the man himself in other planes, and references to several other planes, experimental, prototype, demonstrations etc.
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
The Jim Miller poster shows all the Aircraft MvR flew apart from the 2 seat bombers etc & demo & non combat ones.Originally Posted by Dieter W.
Last edited by gully_raker; 02-21-2017 at 16:17.
......and the Fokker D.I and the Albatros D.I
I laugh in the face of danger - then I hide until it goes away!
Can we get a moderator to move this to the WW1 historical discussion board?
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
That's the picture that i had based my research off of!
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