Film footage of the Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen).

Great Otto, most of the great stills we see are from moving picture frames, Rttm. von Richtofen was superstitious like most pilots of the time, and having your photo taken before take off was bad luck, it is often written that he had his photo taken before his last flight, and that heightened the superstition, but I suspect that he had his photo taken before nearly every flight near the end.
Gus
 
The film it's authentic and was take by Anthony Fokker when he delivered the first FI triplane prototypes, FI.102/17 and FI.103/17 to JG.I. It's a great item.
Otto
 
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