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Manfred Von Richthofen Quotes

«As a little boy of eleven I entered the Cadet Corps. I was not particularly eager to become a Cadet, but my father wished it. So my wishes were not consulted.»
«All the papers contained nothing but fantastic stories about the war. However, for several months we had been accustomed to war talk. We had so often packed our service trunks that the whole thing had become tedious.»
«There are some moments in one's life which tickle one's nerves particularly and the first solo-flight is among them.»
«In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.»
«It is a pity that my collection of trophies contains not a single Russian.»
«He fought until he landed. When he had come to the ground I flew over him at an altitude of about thirty feet in order to ascertain whether I had killed him or not. What did the rascal do? He took his machine-gun and shot holes into my machine.»
«One can become enthusiastic over anything. For a time I was delighted with bomb throwing. It gave me a tremendous pleasure to bomb those fellows from above.»
«Of course no one thought of anything except of attacking the enemy. It lies in the instinct of every German to rush at the enemy wherever he meets him, particularly if he meets hostile cavalry.»
«Of course, I cannot say what real success we had. The Russians have not told us. Still I imagined that I alone had caused the Russian attack to fail. Perhaps the official account of the Russian War Office will give me details after the war.»
«The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.»

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