Richthofen was severely wounded in the head on 6 July, leading elements of JG 1 in combat with F.E.2d's of the Royal Flying Corps's No. 20 Squadron.
JG 1 was the first unit to operationally trial the new Fokker Dr.I triplane (as the Fokker F.I), the first two examples of which were received on 21 August 1917.