HIS LAST FLIGHT
HOW RICHTHOFEN DIED
CLOSE TO THE AUSTRALIAN LINES.
(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received April 25, 7.15 p.m. LONDON, April .24. Baron Richthofcn crashed down c!orp to the Australian lines and remained upright, though dead, strapped to ins seat. An Australian crawled out at great risk to the roped body, which he dragged to a trench. German gunners meanwhile put a barrasrc round the aeroplane, possibly hoping to rescue Richthofen at night time.
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Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13751, 26 April 1918, Page 5
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