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Title: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: Jamo on September 09, 2014, 06:57:58 PM

I was recently given a box full of old aviation magazines and books, some dating back before WWII. This article written by John C Hook was published in Popular Flying January 1934. The Richthofen Museum opened on 26 April 1933. Unfortunately, all the exhibit items from the Richthofen Museum went missing without any trace after the town was occupied by the Red Army on 8 May 1945. Click on each page to enlarge the image

(http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/Jamo_kiwi/Z%20Oddments/Museum_1.jpg)

(http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/Jamo_kiwi/Z%20Oddments/Museum_2.jpg)

(http://i1011.photobucket.com/albums/af234/Jamo_kiwi/Z%20Oddments/Museum_3.jpg)

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: Des on September 09, 2014, 07:06:22 PM

Thanks very much James for posting this interesting article, it is such a shame that all of the exhibits went missing without a trace, I wonder if they are still hidden somewhere.

Des.

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: stefanbuss on September 09, 2014, 07:06:48 PM

James,

thank you for posting this article.

Stefan

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: Ernie on September 09, 2014, 10:08:22 PM

Thank you so much, James.  Very interesting information indeed.

Cheers,
Ernie :)

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: Alexis on September 09, 2014, 10:19:24 PM

Thanks for sharing the article with us James .





Terri

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: Nigel Jackson on September 09, 2014, 10:24:47 PM

Thanks James.

Best wishes
Nigel

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: lcarroll on September 10, 2014, 12:11:06 AM

James,
Fascinating stuff, both of the von Richthofen articles. Thanks for sharing these; I really enjoyed them as they were both new to me.
Cheers,
Lance

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: Wolf on September 11, 2014, 05:27:16 PM

Thank you for sharing. A very interesting historical document.

Title: Re: A Visit to the Richthofen Museum in 1934
Post by: Petie2nd on September 12, 2014, 01:32:15 PM

Yes, thank you James for posting this fascinating article. Not to take anything away from the article, but the aerial view on the first page is actually the famous lineup of Jasta 12, with their Albatros & Triplanes together, taken on 15 March 1918, just a few hours before Adolf von Tutschek was shot down and killed. The pair nearest the camera are the machines assigned to Ulrich Neckel.

Rich