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he/him, 22, german/english clearing up misconceptions without malicious intent NOT a safe space for Wehraboos and Kaiserboos

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Tintenspion Blog Introduction

About me:

I’m 22 year old university student (majoring in history) from Germany, who likes silly research about ww1 pilots. I mostly research german pilots because I like collecting old books and its more convenient if I do it in my native language I guess. Most of my research is still centered around Manfred von Richthofen, because he’s like, the main guy (also there is just a lot of published information on him). I am gravitating towards other pilots right now though.

The goal of this blog is to share my research and some of my brainfarts, and maybe art someday when I actually finish it. I also enjoy writing bigger articles with academic citations, even if the writing style is a little less academic.

I also have an @tintenspion Instagram but I am not much active there.

Notable posts:

Serious research:

Der Rote Kampfflieger publication history

Der Rote Kampfflieger translation errors

MvR’s secret fiancées

Ullstein Contracts

Anecdotes:

Rolf Italiaander

Karl Emil Schäfer funeral

Silly research:

Your fave is problematic 🤓

Richthofen was thicc

MvR Femboy Lore

Bookposting:

Heldenleben

Erich Hartmann Who Killed The Red Baron

Boelcke book pictures

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Reichblr accs are getting banned im boutta lose half my followers

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Hello. How did Manfred von Richthofen feel about Goering? What was the relationship between them?

They didn’t know each other.

Göring just woke up one day and decided to tell lies.

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bro, when will there be normal posts?.../j

“Bro” i have to study and I also dont have regular wifi. Normal posts will come when i have wifi again and am not drowning in work.

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Imagine if Maison de Pilote was more popular there would be ww1 pilot yumeshippers everywhere it would be hilarious

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I think I just accidentally reblogged a fucking hetalia anonymous confession I fucking hate tumblr wtf

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Hello.. Sorry for this personal question, but what is your name?..👉👈

Sorry ist mir zu privat

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Did Manfred have sexual intercourse?

Who is asking these questions😭😭😭

I dont know 😭 He never had children or a girlfriend make of that what you will

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Sadly I was sniped on ebay but I want to share what I saw on auction:

Its a photo of Manfred von Richthofen with Heinrich Kroll and on the back its Richthofens handwriting saying:

„Kroll und ich am Zug nach unserem großen Fernflug. Kroll hat sich beide Backen erfroren.“

„Kroll and me at the train after our long distance flight. Kroll froze both of his cheeks.“

The date is February 9th 1917, and that was a time frame where Richthofen was on vacation, so the photo was probably taken after they flew back to Germany from the front lines.

Im super mad (crying) I was sniped though, because thats the first time I have actually seen Richthofens handwriting outside of his signature. This is also a new photo (as in I have not seen it before) so that shit would have actually been worth so much. If only I wasn’t so stingy and set my limit higher.

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Did Manfred have bad habits?

Smoking I guess? But that was normal back then dawg…

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Hello!

What sites that tell about the life of Manfred von Richthofen (and perhaps other German pilots) do you trust?

meettheredbaron actually credits their sources and my personal guilty pleasure is frontflieger.de (they dont credit their sources and the website looks like its from 1999 but idc thats where I got most of my info from in my early research days and I havent found information that is super wrong yet)

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Hello !

Do you know the plot of this letter? What is it about?

Its a congrats letter from Wilhelm II to Manfred von Richthofen.

Many words for saying „youre cool thanks“

Es wird Mir soeben gemeldet, daß Sie heute zum 50 Male als Sieger aus dem Luftkampf hervorgingen. Ich spreche Ihnen zu diesem glänzenden Erfolg Meinen herzlichen Glückwunsch und Meine vollste Anerkennung aus. Mit Bewunderung und Dankbarkeit blickt das Vaterland auf seinen tapferen Flieger. Gott sei mit Ihnen.

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Hi, these are some very, very, very random questions about MvR :( I'm just a really shy fan from far, far away... 1. Are there any recordings of his voice left? 2. Was he racist? (Not asking in a silly way, I'm actually curious because I got interested in it when I saw your post on the controversies of him. Because of my current environment, I cannot read any resources on his personal opinions so I'm really interested in them) 3. Can I trust meettheredbaron. com to learn more about him? 4. I saw your post referencing it, and a "Red Baron Iceberg" on Reddit, about some guy who claimed to be the reincarnation of MvR. Is there a way to learn more about him? I tried to look him up to catch up with that drama but I can't find anything...

These are some random questions I got while lying in bed at 3 AM, I'm so sorry if they're bad aaaaahhh I really hesitated to ask these😭

1. no

2. likely but theres no concrete sources. He said some racist stuff abt the russians that can be lumped into man of his times. He was compared to a caricature of a black person in school and slapped the guy who did that so yeah he probably was racist but its like eh. He didn’t seem to have strong political opinions so he wasn’t lobbying for more oppression of black people or some shit like that because he probably didn’t care.

(Not the question, but theres no records of him being antisemitic but since there is no record that he either was nor wasn’t, I‘d say its uncertain if he was.)

3. Yeah meettheredbaron is pretty good. Like genuinely. They even cite their sources.

4. the website doesn’t exist anymore but you can access it through wayback machine

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Words cannot express the joy I feel when I actually find out something new in my research.

Often my research relies on things other people have found out before, but I have two or three instances am researching right now that is actually being discovered by me or actual „never seen before“ sources.

I‘m sweating and my heart is racing.

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MvR selfcest fandom incoming

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I’ve become so much like Manfred von Richthofen it’s scary. I wear my leather jacket at all times, verbally assault english people, and physically assault the French. When I look in the mirror, I can’t help but say „Ich bin nicht in den Krieg gezogen um Käse und Eier zu sammeln, sondern aus einem anderen Grund” (which means I did not go to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for a different reason in american.) I shaved off my hair because I don’t care so now I have to wear a hat at all times and I don’t care what people think so shut fuck up Lothar! I painted my car bright red, and go out of my way to show it to everyone so they are reminded that I am in control. When I see people having fun I get mad at them for not being disciplined like I am. I can’t have sex with my girlfriend anymore because I don’t have time for that while doing my duty. When I order fast food, I refuse to call them french fries and insist on calling them german fries. I just keep moving forward, until my enemies are destroyed.

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how did society react to Boelcke's death?

(And how is Manfred von Richthofen?)

hello hello hi !!!! It was a hard blow on germany and their propaganda as they had lost their second most skilled pilot. His death even hit the english (as we know they sent 2 wreaths to his grave). As for Manfred, he was shaken up, but assessed all events very logically. Or so it apoears from his autobiography. In later years though he constantly mentioned Oswald, so he never really forgot about him (not a manfred expert but @tintenspion will def have some insight). Boelcke's funeral procession was very grim and had a lot of people- also he was sent like 3 post-mortem medals from germany's allies. Hope this helped 🥹🥹

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This is my personal opinion, please ship whatever you want.

I think it’s really hard to separate genuine emotion from propaganda when it comes to Richthofen and his reaction to Boelcke’s death. I absolutely believe that Boelcke’s death affected him both personally and „professionally“, since Boelcke was his main military role model.

At the same time, in all the sources from that time, Richthofen seems to be hyped ip as the “new Boelcke“ by the propaganda. Many later references to him come across (to me) as part of that constructed narrative rather than purely personal sentiment. A good example is the fact that Richthofen carried the cushion with Boelcke’s decorations at the funeral. On the surface, that’s very emotional, but the funeral itself was also a staged propaganda event. We don’t actually know if Richthofen chose that role himself.

From what I remember, most of the later references to Boelcke by Richthofen were also primarily in a military context, not in a personal one. That being said, we do not actually have that many sources of Richthofens personal words. There are very few letters, and the autobiography cannot be trusted…

I‘m not saying that Richthofen wasn’t deeply saddened by Boelckes death. He lost his mentor and a good comrade and friend. I‘d just be careful with analyses of how close they were emotionally due to the difficulties with the sources.