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Title: Who's this?
Post by: frank3 on March 26, 2003, 09:19:19 AM

Who's this?

Title: Who's this?
Post by: icemaw on March 26, 2003, 10:53:53 AM

red baron

Title: Who's this?
Post by: frank3 on March 26, 2003, 12:19:49 PM

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Originally posted by icemaw
red baron

wtg! but what was his whole name? I give you a push in the right direction: Manfred...

Title: Who's this?
Post by: icemaw on March 26, 2003, 12:57:57 PM

von richtoven im sure i didnt spell it correctly. All tho I knew who it was a little hint rename you picture when you post it.

Title: Who's this?
Post by: DiabloTX on March 26, 2003, 01:01:05 PM

Manfred von Richthofen, I heard he was a pretty good fighter pilot, just what I heard...:rolleyes:

Title: Who's this?
Post by: DblTrubl on March 26, 2003, 02:30:12 PM

Nah...he was a cherry picker  :p

Title: Who's this?
Post by: Angus on March 27, 2003, 05:23:55 AM

Manfred (Freiherr) von Richthofen, the Ace of Aces in WW1.
Actually his brother was an ace as well, Lothar Von Richthofen. With a very different approach to combat, Manfred once said about Lothar: "My brother is a butcher"!!!

Title: Who's this?
Post by: frank3 on March 27, 2003, 10:59:06 AM

you're right Angus, his little brother downed about 40 aircraft in his career or during a mission, don't recall, but he was 'better' then Manfred.

Many people think Manfred shot everyone down in his  Fokker Dr.1 which isn't right. he used a differend plane, dont remember type....anyone?

Title: Who's this?
Post by: udet on March 27, 2003, 12:36:45 PM

Manfred helped Lothar a lot when they were flying together. I think Lothar survived the war but died in a plance crash later.

Title: Who's this?
Post by: SKurj on March 27, 2003, 01:56:33 PM

Think the Baron achieved most of his kills in the Albatrosses...  Not sure if it was the dII or dIII


SKurj

Title: Who's this?
Post by: frank3 on March 28, 2003, 03:26:53 PM

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Originally posted by udet
Manfred helped Lothar a lot when they were flying together. I think Lothar survived the war but died in a plance crash later.

I thought he died in action :confused:

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Originally posted by SKurj
Think the Baron achieved most of his kills in the Albatrosses

yeah, the Albatros, that's it

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Post by: J_A_B on March 28, 2003, 05:56:12 PM

Richthofen scored  the final 21 of his 80 in the Triplane, the rest in various models of Albatros fighters.  

France's Rene Fonck, officially credited with 75 kills, likely scored more than Richthofen because Fonck often flew lone patrols deep behind enemy lines, where confirmation of kills was often impossible (in addition Fonck was by all accounts a jerk so nobody was going to go out of their way to help him try to get confirmations).  In contrast, Richthofen always flew with his Staffel and his kills were always credited to him.  

J_A_B

Title: Lothar
Post by: DiabloTX on March 28, 2003, 07:36:47 PM

Lothar was killed in a plane crash in the early '20s.