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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918 ), widely known as the Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of that war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot.
He is most widely known as flying a blood red Fokker Dr. I, but he flew many other types of machines. Despite the popular link between Richthofen and the Fokker Dr. I, only 19 of his 80 kills were made in this type. Richthofen entered training as a pilot in October 1915. In March 1916, he joined Kampfgeschwader 2 ("No. 2 Bomber Geschwader") flying a two-seater Albatros C.III. On 23 November 1916, Richthofen downed his most famous adversary, British ace Major Lanoe Hawker VC, described by Richthofen himself as "the British Boelcke". The victory came while Richthofen was flying an Albatros D.II and Hawker was flying a D.H.2. He switched to the Albatros D.III in January 1917, scoring two victories before suffering an inflight crack in the spar of the aircraft's lower wing on 24 January. Richthofen reverted to the Albatros D.II or Halberstadt D.II for the next five weeks. He returned to his Albatros D.III on 2 April 1917 and scored 22 victories in it before switching to the Albatros D.V in late June. It was his Albatros D.III Serial No. 789/16 that was first painted bright red, in late January 1917, and in which he first earned his name and reputation.
Manfred von Richthofen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
First set of pics are some of his 'other' machines including lineups of his Jasta 11 fighters and the lone pic is him receiveing the the Pour le Mérite ("The Blue Max"), from Hindenburg.
sources;
"Richthofen" by William E. Burrows
"The Luftwaffe: A History" by John Killen
unknown internet sources
He is most widely known as flying a blood red Fokker Dr. I, but he flew many other types of machines. Despite the popular link between Richthofen and the Fokker Dr. I, only 19 of his 80 kills were made in this type. Richthofen entered training as a pilot in October 1915. In March 1916, he joined Kampfgeschwader 2 ("No. 2 Bomber Geschwader") flying a two-seater Albatros C.III. On 23 November 1916, Richthofen downed his most famous adversary, British ace Major Lanoe Hawker VC, described by Richthofen himself as "the British Boelcke". The victory came while Richthofen was flying an Albatros D.II and Hawker was flying a D.H.2. He switched to the Albatros D.III in January 1917, scoring two victories before suffering an inflight crack in the spar of the aircraft's lower wing on 24 January. Richthofen reverted to the Albatros D.II or Halberstadt D.II for the next five weeks. He returned to his Albatros D.III on 2 April 1917 and scored 22 victories in it before switching to the Albatros D.V in late June. It was his Albatros D.III Serial No. 789/16 that was first painted bright red, in late January 1917, and in which he first earned his name and reputation.
Manfred von Richthofen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
First set of pics are some of his 'other' machines including lineups of his Jasta 11 fighters and the lone pic is him receiveing the the Pour le Mérite ("The Blue Max"), from Hindenburg.
sources;
"Richthofen" by William E. Burrows
"The Luftwaffe: A History" by John Killen
unknown internet sources
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