World History Extra credit OLD NEWS September 1993 The Red Baron World War 1’s leading fighter pilot for Germany was Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. During his two years of fighting for Germany he shot down eighty enemy planes. Richthofen painted his plane bright red so everyone that saw him coming would be in fear of, THE RED KNIGHT, or better known as the RED BARON. Most of the planes the Richthofen shot down were British. Most …showed first 75 words of 495 total…

…showed last 75 words of 495 total…Brown caught sight of what was happening and by then he was at 3,000 feet. Roy swiveled around and leveled off with the red plane, may twisted and turned out and Roy opened fire on the plane, not only hitting the plane but also killing Richthofen. The allied forces buried Richthofen in France on April 22. He was honored by full military honors. Six Royal air force officers carried the coffin followed by a hundred allied mourners.