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Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918).

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

Manfred von Richterhofen was a German pilot.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

He is known as the ace of ace pilots.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

He was the commander of the Fighter Wing.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

During World War I, he shot down a total of 80 enemy aircraft.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

Richterhofen was born into high society, handsome, determined, courageous, and skilled.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

He piloted the "Red Baron" Big Red Albatros three-wing fighter that gave him his name, which swept across the Western Front.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

Richter Hoffen's peculiar and immense charm made him one of the most prestigious aerial heroes in the history of human air warfare.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

He was killed over the Somme on 21 April 1918 at the age of 25. He was known to the German public as the Red Pilot.

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

And in the British propaganda machine, he had a well-known nickname: "Red Baron".

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

The British held a grand funeral for the "Red Baron": in response to Manfred's rank, 6 Allied captains carried the coffin of this great enemy slowly under the guidance of a cleric; when the coffin entered the tomb, the soldiers on both sides fired their guns into the air to show the highest respect!

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron

After World War I, Manfred's body was transported home from the war zone. The Red Baron, the creator of the legendary myth and the supreme aerial ace of the First World War, rested forever in the Necropolis of Severikhof in the Wiesbaden region. 【Photo: Google】

Old photo: Luftwaffe Ace Red Baron