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This is Manfred von Richthofen's note he had written for the case, that he would not return from a sortie. It is written in large letters, like quickly drawn. It is also very short. I wonder, if he wrote it, cause he felt "the shaves got closer and closer" - or simply as a pragmatic mind? Anyway - 42 days later he should fall. The note reads: Am 10. III. 18 Sollte ich nicht zurückkom- men, so soll Oblt. Reinhard (Jasta 6) die Führung des Geschwaders über- nehmen. Frhr. v. Richthofen Rittmeister In English: On 10. III. 18 (10 March 1918) If I should not return, then Oblt. (Oberleutnant) Reinhard (Jasta 6) shall take up the command of the Geschwader (wing). Frhr. (Freiherr) v. Richthofen Rittmeister

Yeah, and the poplars are German. Planted long before the war by far-seeing army engineers, disguised as the French impressionists Monet & Manet.

Okay, I give up...

Great find, elephant! I still haven't seen them all.

Flyby, changing a Jpeg to greyscale doesn't do the same thing like a B/W film does with colours. It is common WW1 research knowledge, that red appeared darker than blue.

Hihi - why do you, Flyby? Because you think, an English pilot couldn't have such a bad luck? I guess accidents like that happened a lot with those underpowered crates.

Yep. Red appears much darker on B/W film than blue. And the note said "British aviator...".

Yes, I saw that too - thanks!

Well, most "Ostfriesisch Platt" is a regional Plattdeutsch. But the original "Ost-Friesisch" is a real own language. It is now only left "alive" in Saterland near Oldenburg. Saterfriesisch is even under EU protection for regional- and minority languages. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostfriesische_Sprache The rest is already a melange of Dutch, Friesisch and German.

I knew you would bite.

When you think you know OFF BHaH... Sandbagger, I rarely ever flew the SPAD XIII, but now I went through the skins and saw (AGAIN !), how many amazing skins there were made for OFF! I saw a SPAD XIII with an all red fuselage; and another with Stars and Stripes on the tail plane. And I understood, how much I still haven't seen yet. But is it a wonder, with more than 3.500 skins? Thanks for the hint - I guess you meant this one; the 49th, 1918:

Just found these two handpainted emblems on aircraft fabric at "The Vintage Aviator" website, under "Relics". That amazing site is always worth to visit - there is so much to discover, to marvel about. I wonder if anyone knows, on which aircraft they were attached originally?

Think it shows, how natural barriers - like rivers, moors, mountains or gorges - divided people. The ways of traffic we have today are still very young. Even in my childhood days in the 50s, many a road in Ostfriesland was only a clay way. And people had to work all day into the evening, and didn't visit other villages, if not for a very good and rather rare reason. I wonder, if one might perhaps find remains of the Roman's vanished Latin in some very remote mountain villages in Italy?

Guess you had to hold a hand at your mouth to prevent you from laughing out loud? It always fascinates me, how different language can be within the same country, in different areas. I could only just understand this, cause you wrote it. Heard, I might not have caught the meaning. My native Ostfriesland is perhaps the size of London. We speak "East-Frisian" there, which is an own language within Germany, and related to Dutch a bit; but also to old Anglish. Along the Krummhörn, which is an area of only ca. 35 x 10 kilometer, each village has a different East-Frisian! You can really hear, from which town someone comes.

Damn, if that is true, he must have had real good Indian "medicine". I wonder, what you can do with 44 $ - guess it was worth a lot more those days?

Just took a long stroll through the FLICKR photos of WW1 aircraft. It is unbelieveable, how much you can see there! http://www.flickr.com/groups/wwiaircraft/pool/

Flying is not so easy - and it's always bad when you haven't read the manual!

Good - the skins are here: CFSWW1 Over Flanders Fields > campaigns > CampaignData > skins

Last necessary thing: three good bottles of "Old Speckled Hen", I guess?

The best viewing program I know is IRFANVIEW, a free download, which I also use. And yes: you can see through all the skins with it.

Nothing to excuse for - this is rather a good heads-up for all. Something to keep in mind!

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Sun, yes - but nailed to a cross? That's British understatement at it's best!

Well, builders and craftsmen in the house can be a real PITA - more than "Simon's Cat", of which I send one video link here to brighten you up a bit:

This British aviator might have been still at Flying School, when he hit the trees with his aircraft. Does anyone know, which aircraft this is? (Note the way the Cockardes are painted on).