The Red Battle Flyer

CAPTAIN BARON VON RICHTHOFEN

Translated by T. Ellis Barker, with a preface and notes by C. G. Grey, editor of The Aeroplane NEW YORK Robert M. McBride & Co. 1918

Translation Copyright 1918 By ROBERT M. McBRIDE & COMPANY Printed in the United States of America. Published July, 1918



SOME time ago a Naval Officer who was engaged on particularly hazardous duty was discussing calmly the chances that he and his like had of surviving the war, assuming that it continued for several more years and that his particular branch of it increased its intensity. He wound up his remarks by saying, The chief reason why I particularly want to survive the finish is that I'm so keen on comparing notes with our opposite members in the German Navy.