Gentlemen:
When I wrote the article "
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen his Aeroplanes and victories" for Over the Front,Vol.3 No.3, Autumn 1988. I did not have the questionable MvR Combat Reports. At the back of the articles I listed the seventeen sources from which I developed the article. I know that Heinz Nowarra and Kimbough Brown's "Richthofen and the Flying Circus" was the basic source for the aircraft flown and the matching victory. Some of the books by Alex Imrie were valuable. What I have done in the past to to date, I have a yellow high lighter with me, and when something of interest pops up, I high light it for future reference.
In regard to the MvR Combat Reports, I would not use them because simply I don't think they are valid. I am somewhat amazed that so many have taken these reports as a valid data. They are so flawed, I could not use them.
Blue skies,
Dan-San