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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (German: [ˈmanfreːt fɔn ˈʁɪçthoːfn̩]; 2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), colloquially known in English as Baron von Richthofen or more commonly the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I.
The body of Manfred von Richthofen (the 'Red Baron') was transferred to the cemetery in 1925 from his original grave in France. During the Weimar Republic, high-ranking military personnel such as Hans von Seeckt continued to be buried in the cemetery, but approximately half the graves were gardened over in this period.
Among those buried at one time in Fricourt was the iconic flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, alias, "The Red Baron", who was killed in action on 21 April 1918 by machine gun fire either from the Sopwith Camel of Canadian Royal Flying Corps pilot Arthur Roy Brown or from an Australian Imperial Force soldier firing on the ground. The remains of ...
First Lieutenant Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen (1894–1922) Captain Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen (also known as the "Red Baron") (1892–1918 †) Erna Sack (1898–1972) Ernst-Eberhard Hell (1887–1973)
Manfred von Richthofen. Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), widely known as the Red Baron, is considered the ace-of-aces of the First World War, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories, more than any other pilot of the war – before being killed in action near Amiens on 21 April 1918.
Lothar Siegfried Freiherr von Richthofen (27 September 1894 – 4 July 1922) was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 40 victories. He was a younger brother of top-scoring ace Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) and a distant cousin of Luftwaffe Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen, who also became a flying ace.
Arthur Roy Brown, DSC & Bar (23 December 1893 – 9 March 1944) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War, credited with ten aerial victories. [1] The Royal Air Force officially credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", although historians, doctors, and ballistics experts consider it all but certain that Richthofen was actually killed by a machine gunner ...
Von Richthofen discontinued his orders at this stage, rather than accept cups made from base metal. [5] [17] [E] Manfred von Richthofen later recalled, "I was animated by a single thought: the man in front of me must come down". [12] He closed in to point-blank range, opened fire, and "suddenly the opponent's propeller turned no more. Hit!"