Manfred von Richtofen

Enemy Ace · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:21 am

That's pretty neat, can you tell us the story of this aircraft and it's paint scheme?

fotobass · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:40 am

Actually, as it looks there, your sig line could be your answer...

Mgawa · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:41 am

Off course

That was personal transport airplane of the Hermann Goring during the 1933 to 1935. It is named Manfred von Richthofen and painted red in honor to the famous German ace from WW1. Interesting is that Goring was also WW1 ace.

Cheers

Django · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:16 pm

That neat. Can you post any of the pics that you used as reference material?

Mgawa · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:18 pm

I will check out Django as well nothing is from my collection... but there is few images. I will try to upload at least one of them.

Mgawa · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:31 pm

Here you are one

I choose this one as well it clearly show that plane have no tail wheel, some color profile show this machine with.

Robbie Roberts · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:35 pm

Mgawa wrote:

Off course

That was personal transport airplane of the Hermann Goring during the 1933 to 1935. It is named Manfred von Richthofen and painted red in honor to the famous German ace from WW1. Interesting is that Goring was also WW1 ace.

Cheers

Goering actually was one of the subsequent leaders of von Richtofen's Staffeln after he was shot down. Not surprising he would want to honor him in some way.

Robbie

gregv · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:41 pm

Were there variations on the code letters? Those in the photo seem to be U4 or something similar.

Nice profile!

greg v.

Holedigger · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 12:47 pm

The one in the pick may be D-AGUK
http://bp0.blogger.com/_KezhQ6waZT0/SEi ... u52frt.jpg

the330thbg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 14, 2007 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2713

Scott, I love the 'basket gunner' on those last two renderings. What a 'gig' that must have been.., instead of going to the eastern front, that was your first option?

HAH!

Holedigger · **Posted:** Wed Oct 28, 2009 1:34 pm

one of the reasons they were not used as bombers by the time the Real War started, they were just a bit outdated in that role. They suffered enough as transports.

Mgawa · **Posted:** Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:31 am

gregv wrote:

Were there variations on the code letters? Those in the photo seem to be U4 or something similar.

Nice profile!

greg v.

When the number code was changed to letters this D-2527 become D-AGUK and change name into the Kurt Wolf (another ace flew with Richthofen and also killed on Fokker Dr. I)

Cheers

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