Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-04-23 | Page 9 | Officer Recovers Hun Airman's Body

OFFICER RECOVERS HUN AIRMANS AIRMAN'S BODY Crawls Through Barrage Finds Richthofen Dead in Airplane Seat e By William Philip Simms United Unite Press Staff Correspondent W WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN IN FRANSE April 23 A A British lieutenant lieutenant lieu lIeu- tenant crawled through the barrage the Ger Germans l I S purposely laid lad down around round von von RIchthofen's wrecked machine chine I then crawled back with the famous airman's airmans airmans airman's air air- mans man's body I I I I i I I I j I I i i I. I I Richthofen was as buried last e. e evening with full honors Until further Inquiry is Is' made the details of the tho fight and the thc exact de details details details de- de tails of ot RIchthofen's death are are tain He appeared at a a a. h height of about feet over the British lines somewhat detached from froni his his famous circus A fast British machine took on Richthofen in a battle batUe lasting seven or shit pi ht minutes both b th tumbling tum- tum tumI bUng bling about in the sky in inan an an amazing exhibition of skill falling a feet at a time to too get a favorable position Richthofen flattened out about feet over the British lines Rifles and machine guns uns blazed away from the ground The barons baron's machine crashed to earth The Germans immediately put down a barrage around the plane continuing It Jt all afternoon The BritIsh British British Brit Brit- ish lieutenant leu tenant who crawled through the barrage found the body sitting upright in the machine a bullet through gl the h heart art