The Red Fighter Pilot: The Story Of The Red Baron As Told By Manfred Von Richthofen Himself - Softcover

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Manfred von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), was also widely known as the Legendary Red Baron, was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of that war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot. The Red Baron only wrote one book his "autobiography", Der rote Kampfflieger. This was written on the instructions of the The German Army Press and Intelligence (i.e. propaganda) section of the German Army Air Service. This illustrated book was writen just before he was killed and it details his meteoric rise from a calvalry men to one of the most well known fighter pilots of all time.

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Manfred von Richthofen, popularly known as the Red Baron, was a fighter-pilot and the greatest German ace of the First World War, with eighty victories in aerial combat.

In July 1917, von Richthofen was shot down by Captain Donald Cunnell of the Royal Air Force. Although he d suffered a serious head injury, von Richthofen was able to land his plane safely. While convalescing, he wrote an autobiographical sketch, The Red Battle Flyer, at the request of the propaganda department of the German Air Force.

By the time of von Richthofen s death, after being shot down again less than a year later, he was a national hero in Germany and widely known to his country s enemies. His notoriety is attested to by the fact that his plane was quickly taken apart by souvenir hunters following the crash that took his life on April 21, 1918.