Hero Re-buried

In April, 1918, the great German super-ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, was shot down in France and buried by his enemies with full military honors.

Last week his remains were disinterred and transferred to Berlin aboard a special train. There the body rested in state at Grace Church, inclosed in a simple walnut coffin, and was visited by thousands of Berliners, who filed reverently past "The Flying Siegfried."

Later, eight of the Baron's war comrades bore the coffin to the famed Invaliden Cemetery, while German aces who had fought with him during the War soared above the funeral procession and dropped flowers and wreaths.* President von Hindenburg, Chancellor Luther and War Minister Gessler solemnly accompanied the aging mother of Baron von Richthofen to his new grave. And there were present scores of generals from all parts of Germany, as well as a company of the Baron's Uhlan regiment, which fired a last salute over his grave.

Amid so much pomp it was recalled that Baron von Richthofen had ever been a scorner of the conventional mediocrities of mankind. When he was shot down at last, he was found wearing a flaming suit of silk pajamas under his aviator's uniform. Said mourners: "His pajamas and his famous blood-red battle plane were typical of the man--a flaunting, brave, exuberant war eagle. His like has not often been seen!"

* With them flew Baron von Knobelsdorf, 21. As he returned from the ceremonies, his plane crashed inexplicably at a height of only 80 feet, instantly killing him.