35 minutes the dogfight between Hawker & Richthofen lasted. Unfortunately for Hawker, the wind blew them into German territory & he had to disengage which put Richthofen on his tail. Hawker plane could turn tighter, but Richthofens was faster. Manfred mentioned his opponent then did some silly loops then headed for his own lines.
Manfred learned later that evening that his opponent was Hawker. Manfred's 11th kill. Hawker had 9, but I have read that he actually had more but British kill counting had not really taken form yet, plus he flew many solo patrols & had no witnesses for his kills. He invented the double drum bullet stacking thing. He was the Brit equivalent to Boelke.
