"Everything in the air that is beneath me, especially if it is a one seater . . . is lost, for it cannot shoot to the rear."

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I started shooting when I was much too far away. That was merely a trick of mine. I did not mean so much as to hit him as to frighten him, and I succeeded in catching him. He began flying curves and this enabled me to draw near.

— Manfred von Richthofen