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What are you doing lying there? Get up, bro 😭

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~Lothar von Richthofen~

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The Baron's Last Flight, art by John Young (Roy Brown's Sopwith Camel chasing Manfred von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.I).

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Fokker DR1, Manfred von Richthofen called "Red Baron" in a close encounter with the British Sopwith Camel.

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1917 01 23 Richthofen's 17th victory - Thomas La Padula

Richthofen's 17th victory.A short while after becoming Germany’s leading air ace and receiving the Por le Merite, the title of “Red Baron'' was born. The arrival of the new Albatros D.lll’s to the front and MvR’s transfer to Jasta 11 cemented a Richthofen Squadron of airplanes. There is a lot of legend and suggestion on the name Le Petit Rouge, Richthofen wrote,” It occurred to me to have my packing case painted all over in a staring red. The result was that everyone got to know my red bird. My opponents also seemed to have heard of the colour transformation. There is really no absolute reason why Richthofen began to fly a red plane. One theory is that it asserted him as “a leader” in the air, due him becoming Staffelfurhrer of Jasta 11 which at that time was not a crack unit. A lot or supposed reasons and antidotes that could all be construed as true or false. Supposedly all RAF units were aware of Le Petit Rouge, then again Richthofen could not be everywhere, and undoubtedly a red plane would have been unforgettable, even though according to Richthofen the British were the ones that gave the red plane its name. The reason why the plane was red till this day is speculative and has grown increasingly more romantic as the years pass on.A little after 4pm on January 23, 2017, Richthofen had an encounter with an FE.8, No.6388, a pusher type biplane. Flying his new red Albatros D.lll, Staffelfurhrer Richthofen came upon 2nd Lt John Hay photographing the German artillery at the front. When the British pilot Hay noticed Richthofen he bolted but not before MvR got off about 150 rounds into the FE.8., the plane then ignited, and began burning as it fell from the sky. At 500 feet Lt. Hay the pilot was observed either jumping or falling from the plane. Richthofen in his combat report states that he assumed Hay was already dead, due to the fact he did not fire a shot. It also was not uncommon for aviators to jump from burning aircraft since parachutes had not yet made their appearance and some home devices were unreliable at best. Lt Hays body was recovered by Canadian troops southeast of the village of Aix Noulette.

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Flying circus (+others)- little dark age

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~Manfred von Richthofen and Lothar von Richthofen~

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Wilhelm Petersen (1900–1987) „Manfred von Richthofen“ (1928) Bildnis des Roten Barons.

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2 мая 1892 года в Бреслау (тогда относился к Королевству Пруссии) родился Манфред Альбрехт фон Рихтгофен — легендарный (и один из самых известных) германский лётчик-истребитель, ставший лучшим лётчиком-асом Первой мировой войны с 82 сбитыми самолётами противника. Известен по прозвищу «Красный Барон» ( Der Rote Baron), которое получил за свой выкрашенный в ярко-красный цвет самолет-истребитель -Fokker.Dr.I

В начале войны Рихтгофен служил офицером кавалерии, но в мае 1915 года перешёл добровольно в авиацию, где стал пилотом-наблюдателем. Первый самолёт он сбил 17 сентября 1916 года в районе Камбре.

За свою карьеру «Красный барон» одержал более 80 боевых побед. Погиб Рихтгофен 21 апреля 1918 года от случайной пули, попавшей ему в грудь , которая пробила все жизненно важные органы. Знаменитому лётчику было всего 25 лет.