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On September 17, 1916, WWI flying ace the Red Baron of the German Luftstreitkräfte, won his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France. An excerpt from the article:
"The Red Baron was the name applied to Manfred von Richthofen, a German fighter pilot who was the deadliest flying ace of World War I. During a 19-month period between 1916 and 1918, the Prussian aristocrat shot down 80 Allied aircraft and won widespread fame for his scarlet-colored airplanes and ruthlessly effective flying style. Richthofen’s legend only grew after he took command of a German fighter wing known as the Flying Circus, but his career in the cockpit was cut short in April 1918, when he was killed in a dogfight over France."
"The Red Baron was the name applied to Manfred von Richthofen, a German fighter pilot who was the deadliest flying ace of World War I. During a 19-month period between 1916 and 1918, the Prussian aristocrat shot down 80 Allied aircraft and won widespread fame for his scarlet-colored airplanes and ruthlessly effective flying style. Richthofen’s legend only grew after he took command of a German fighter wing known as the Flying Circus, but his career in the cockpit was cut short in April 1918, when he was killed in a dogfight over France."
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They claimed a Canadian shot him down but I saw a special that ground fire probably killed him.
I have seen murals Alberta claiming a Canadian shot him down.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/redbaron/theories.html
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Cpl Vic Burk PVT Mark Zehner PFC David Foster CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
I have seen murals Alberta claiming a Canadian shot him down.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/redbaron/theories.html
SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Cpl Vic Burk PVT Mark Zehner PFC David Foster CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
NOVA | Who Killed the Red Baron? | Explore Competing Theories | PBS
Conflicting eyewitness accounts have led to many possible scenarios for who killed Manfred von Richtofen, also known as the Red Baron, during WWI. Here, examine some of the most famous and likely competing theories.
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PFC David Foster
His record had to be fabricated quite a bit..... It don't seem possible for one pilot to have taken down, I think it was 60 planes.... Kind of unbelievable... to become an Ace, you only needed 5 kills.
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