Could the man on the left be Lothar v. Richthofen???

fliegertruppe · 10 October 2009, 03:15 PM

GMU,

one info is not correct.
The name "von Hailer" is wrong. "Hailer" is correct.
Franz Hailer was a pre war pilot, later CO from FFA 9b and FA(A) 292b.

greeting
Reinhard

GMU · 10 October 2009, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by fliegertruppe

GMU,

one info is not correct.
The name "von Hailer" is wrong. "Hailer" is correct.
Franz Hailer was a pre war pilot, later CO from FFA 9b and FA(A) 292b.

greeting
Reinhard

Reinhard,

Thanks for the correction. I used the card shown in post #9, where it refers to him as v. Hailer. Neal W. O'Connor (Vol II) also refers to him as von Hailer.

So this is wrong then? It was just Hailer.

Thank you very much for the correction

Cigogne · 13 October 2009, 04:43 PM

I believe that Neal corrected it in his later volumes, Vol. VI, I believe. In the later volume it refers to both Hailers as just that... no "von."

GMU · 13 October 2009, 04:54 PM

Oh, thanks, I didn't look into Neal's other volumes. Sloppy me.

So, the inscription on the the card itself is wrong? I thought that since it was written in that period, then it would have been known who was a "von" and who wasn't. Of course, mistakes were made then too.

Many thanks for the input!