On the twenty-third of April nineteen-eighteen, the French newspaper Le Matin published an article: “Manfred von Richthofen, ...

Time was when the flying super-ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, was as great a hero in German eyes as was Guynemer to the French.* Before his death he was credited with having brought down 80 Allied ...

The story of the Red Baron ends as dramatically as it began. After scoring 80 official kills and becoming the terror of the skies, Manfred von Richthofen met his fate on April 21, 1918, while breaking ...

Handsome and dashing, famed for his bright scarlet plane, von Richthofen was nicknamed "The Red Baron," while the squadron he led was called the "Flying Circus." With 80 kills to his credit, von ...

I'd like to offer corrections to the article " 'Red Baron's' Fatal Fixation" [Science Notebook, Sept. 20], which is based on a flawed study. During research on five books on the World War I flying ace ...

The triplane will forever be remembered as an icon of early aviation—thanks in large part to Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron.” Today, more than a century after ...

Baron Manfred von Richthofen is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge and ...