"The Red Fighter Pilot The Red Fighter Pilot (German: ""Der Rote Kampfflieger"") is a book written by Manfred von Richthofen, a famous German fighter pilot who is considered the top scoring ace of the First World War, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen's most common German nickname was ""Der Rote Kampfflieger,"" which roughly translates to ""The Red Battle Flyer"" or ""The Red Fighter Pilot."" Today he is better known as the Red Baron. The book details some of Richthofen's experiences during World War I. He finished the book in 1917, and as it was written during World"
"probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant on 19 April 1917. After completing training at RAF Manston and RAF Cranwell, MacKenzie was posted to the Dunkirk Seaplane Defence Flight on 30 November 1917. On 14 March 1918, he transferred to No. 9 Naval Squadron. While flying with them, he was a combatant in the 21 April 1918 dogfight in which the Red Baron was killed; MacKenzie was wounded in action that day. On 8 October 1918, he transferred back to his old unit, now renumbered as No. 213 Squadron RAF. MacKenzie ended the war credited with eight confirmed aerial victories, having earned the ""Belgian"
"to ""Jasta 2"" and was under the tutelage of Oswald Boelcke. Upon sighting the British aircraft, Boelcke gave the sign to attack but held back himself. In the ensuing fight, two aircraft from No. 12 Squadron and four from No. 11 Squadron were shot down, including Rees and Morris' aircraft, which was shot down by von Richthofen. Rees was killed during the dogfight with von Richthofen; but Morris his pilot, although mortally wounded, managed to land the aircraft. This was the ""Red Baron's"" first official victory. For Richthofen, this was the first of the 80 confirmed aerial combat victories with"
"Manfred von Richthofen Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also known as the ""Red Baron"", was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air Service in 1915, becoming one of the first members of fighter squadron ""Jagdstaffel 2"" in 1916. He quickly distinguished himself as a fighter pilot, and during 1917 became leader of ""Jasta 11"" and then the larger fighter wing unit ""Jagdgeschwader 1"", better"
"Red Baron, engages him in combat, and emerges as the victor. As soon as the last mission is completed, the player gets access to numerous cheat codes. The game obtained a good critical and customer reception owing to its graphics and storyline. PC Gamer (UK Magazine) gave the game an 83/100 rating while Lake's Digital Arts gave an 8/10 rating. IGN PC made the following good comment on the game: ""It's fast as lightning, ... and fun -- just like real flying!"". Master of the Skies: The Red Ace Master of the Skies: The Red Ace (also called Hunt for"
"the Baron: In 1941 a newly launched ""Kriegsmarine"" (German navy) seaplane tender received the name . In 1968, von Richthofen was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame. Concerning death Manfred von Richthofen Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918), also known as the ""Red Baron"", was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Originally a cavalryman, Richthofen transferred to the Air Service in 1915, becoming one of the first members"
"N104RB Red Baron The Red Baron was a highly modified Lockheed F-104 Starfighter which set a FAI Class C-1 Group III 3 km speed record of , in 1977 which still stands. It was assembled by Darryl Greenamyer and sponsored by Ed Browning and the Red Baron Flying Service of Idaho Falls, Idaho. The aircraft was destroyed in an accident in 1978. Greenamyer built the Starfighter by collecting and putting together myriad parts over a 13-year period. The cockpit side panels and some control column bearings of the Red Baron came from the very first production F-104A, which crashed in"
"Roy Brown (RAF officer) Captain Arthur Roy Brown, , (23 December 1893 – 9 March 1944) was a Canadian First World War flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. The Royal Air Force officially credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the ""Red Baron"" (who seems in fact to have been shot down by ground fire). What is less well known is that Brown never lost a pilot in his flight during combat, a rare distinction for an air unit commander of that war. This was due largely to his demands for a ""breaking in"" period in which new"
"Red Baron (aircraft) The Red Baron was a North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C, original serial number 44-84961. It raced from 1966 to 1973 under the names ""Miss R.J."" and ""Roto-Finish Special"", winning Unlimited Gold in 1972. In February 1974, it was purchased by Ed Browning of Red Baron Flying Service in Idaho Falls, Idaho and renamed the Red Baron. Browning hired two Lockheed engineers, Pete Law and Bruce Boland, and a team of other specialists made major modifications to the plane, including installation of a Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 engine and contra-rotating propellers from an Avro Shackleton. The larger engine required"
"a purpose-built fighter plane, with a synchronized machine gun. Aviators were styled as modern-day knights, doing individual combat with their enemies. Several pilots became famous for their air-to-air combat; the most well known is Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, who shot down 80 planes in air-to-air combat with several different planes, the most celebrated of which was the Fokker Dr.I. On the Allied side, René Paul Fonck is credited with the most all-time victories at 75, even when later wars are considered. France, Britain, Germany and Italy were the leading manufacturers of fighter planes that saw"
"C. He switched to flying a Sopwith Camel and scored victories 15 October 1917 and 12 April 1918; the latter win was shared with squadron-mate Roy Brown. On 21 April 1918, Mellersh was a flight commander involved in the dogfight that brought down the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen; Mellersh claimed a Fokker Dr.I triplane destroyed on that date. His last victory came two days later. Mellersh debarked from a helicopter onto a quay on 25 May 1955; he had been invited to cruise on a yacht belonging to the Itchenor Yacht Club. As the helicopter departed, one of its"
"aircraft serial numbers, and the identities of Allied airmen killed or captured—73 of the 80 listed match recorded British losses. A study conducted by British historian Norman Franks with two colleagues, published in ""Under the Guns of the Red Baron"" in 1998, reached the same conclusion about the high degree of accuracy of Richthofen's claimed victories. There were also unconfirmed victories that would put his actual total as high as 100 or more. For comparison, the highest-scoring Allied ace, the Frenchman René Fonck, achieved 75 confirmed victories and a further 52 unconfirmed behind enemy lines. The highest-scoring British Empire fighter"
"Airfield. He began wearing a scarlet flying helmet and white trousers when he flew, leading to the nickname of ""Redhead"". He marked his plane with falcons painted on either side. He scored his first confirmed aerial victory on 21 August 1917, using a Hansa-Brandenburg D.I to down a Nieuport. In the next five days, he scored three more confirmed wins using this plane, with one claim going unconfirmed. The Hansa-Brandenburg D.I had serious liabilities as a fighter plane; it spun easily, had poor forward visibility, and its machine gun was mounted well above the pilot's head on the top wing"
"Master of the Skies: The Red Ace Master of the Skies: The Red Ace (also called Hunt for the Red Baron) is a World War I dogfighting game marketed by Small Rockets. This game is currently only distributed via the internet. This game was originally developed by Fiendish Games. However, the company soon became bankrupt and was not able to sell the game any more. However, Small Rockets had resumed the distribution of the game, besides releasing a sequel called Red Ace Squadron in 2001. The gameplay is based in World War I with the player taking the role of"
"no man's land and share a friendly drink. Roy Brown (RAF officer) Captain Arthur Roy Brown, , (23 December 1893 – 9 March 1944) was a Canadian First World War flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. The Royal Air Force officially credited Brown with shooting down Manfred von Richthofen, the ""Red Baron"" (who seems in fact to have been shot down by ground fire). What is less well known is that Brown never lost a pilot in his flight during combat, a rare distinction for an air unit commander of that war. This was due largely to his demands"
"Snoopy vs. the Red Baron (video game) Snoopy vs. the Red Baron is a flight combat game released on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and PC in 2006. As the name implies, the protagonist is Snoopy, the dog in Charles M. Schulz's comic strip, ""Peanuts"". The game is based on one of the most famous Snoopy alter egos: a World War I flying ace battling against Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, the Flying Circus: Jagdgeschwader 1, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and other enemies of the war. Planned releases for the Xbox and GameCube were cancelled due to low sales and"
"""retained his grasp on the macine (""sic"") gun."" The aviator claimed to have fought Richthofen's Circus three times, as a member of the 20th Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, with the final encounter resulting in his aircraft being shot down in flames by Manfred von Richthofen. Press reviews of his lectures were rather complimentary. It was not until many years later that the assertion regarding the Red Baron was disproved. John Hedley's incredible tale was included among the anecdotes in the 1929 book ""Luck: Your Silent Partner"" by Lothrop Stoddard. In 1930, John Hedley was still living in Chicago,"
"and eight hits from the Red Baron to have the player lose a doghouse. An alternate notion is to collect ""treats"" the Red Baron drops while falling, and to avoid skulls and crossbones. Touching the skulls and crossbones or being shot down will undo the player's progress in collecting treats. If the player collects all of the treats and downs all of the Red Barons, bonus points are rewarded. A Gold Baron is earned when the player downs fifty Red Barons. In the game, the Red Baron often flies above the clouds; however, Snoopy cannot fly above the clouds in"
"he served as a lieutenant in the No. 202 Squadron of the 61st Wing of the newly formed Royal Air Force. The British flying ace is credited with shooting down seven enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The 2009 auction site of three of his medals, as well as photocopies of his combat reports and service record, lists six of the seven aerial victories. Those listed include 27 February 1918 (first two), 18 March 1918 (third), 18 May 1918 (fourth), and 21 May 1918 (fifth and sixth). The victory of 18 May 1918 occurred while he was in his de Havilland"
"enemy aircraft, under the supervision of Boelcke. Pilots who shot down five or more fighters became known as aces. One of the most famous dogfights, resulting in the death of Major Hawker, is described by the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, I WAS extremely proud when, one fine day, I was informed that the airman whom I had brought down on the twenty- third of November, 1916, was the English [equivalent of] Immelmann... First we circled twenty times to the left, and then thirty times to the right. Each tried to get behind and above the other. Soon I discovered"
"was notably one of the eyewitnesses to the landing of the famous German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron; he witnessed Richthofen make a smooth landing after his final fight, in a field on a hill near the Bray-Corbie road, just north of Vaux-sur-Somme. By the time he was promoted to acting commander of Jagdstaffel 77, on 24 May 1918, he was an ace, with five victories confirmed and one unconfirmed claim. He had only one of three victory claims approved while he led 77. On 7 June, he received command of Jagdstaffel 35. Beginning 1 July, he"
"from the fire, yet Hinton survived with a broken back, leg, and ankle. His survival is attributed by one of the lead engineers, Pete Law, to additional braces and a roll bar installed on the cockpit. The ""Red Baron"" was destroyed in the crash. Steve Hinton's company, Fighter Rebuilders, moved the dataplate, tailnumber 413334, and registration number NL7715C to P-51D serial number 44-73053, ""Wee Willy II"". Red Baron (aircraft) The Red Baron was a North American P-51D Mustang NL7715C, original serial number 44-84961. It raced from 1966 to 1973 under the names ""Miss R.J."" and ""Roto-Finish Special"", winning Unlimited Gold"
"20.5 enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat. He flew 84 missions and damaged seven and one probable. On December 22, 1950, he downed his first MiG-15 over the Yalu, one of the earliest dogfights. Eagleston's F-86A was badly damaged by a MiG-15 flown by Sergei Kramarenko on June 17, 1951, and he belly-landed at Kimpo Air Base. The jet was damaged beyond repair and was written off. The leader of the two Sabres who came to assist Eagleston was also a notable combat pilot: Lt.Col. Bruce Hinton, the first Sabre pilot to shoot down a MiG-15 on December 17, 1950."
"Red Baron (anime) ""Red Baron"" follows Ken Kurenai, the pilot of the titular robot, Red Baron. In the future, the ""Metal Fight"" games are the most popular televised sport in the world and many robot contestants compete for the title of Best Metal Fighter in the World. Kurenai Ken, along with teammate Saeba Shôko (who was, at first, adamantly opposed), pilots the Super Robot Fighter, Red Baron and enters the contest with dreams of becoming its champion. He must, however, face an army of other rivals from around the world including ""Kaizer"" and the Tetsumen Tô doctors, and later allies"
"Royal Air Force, so it was with No. 3 Squadron RAF that Franklyn was credited with this and all his subsequent wins. His third victory came the next day, on 12 April, driving an Albatros D.V down out of control over Pozières. On 20 April 1918, Franklyn became the last British pilot to engage the ""Red Baron"" Manfred von Richthofen in aerial combat. Von Richthofen's squadron of more than 18 aircraft spotted six Sopwith Camels below them and dove to attack. However six more Camels, including Franklyn, then arrived and broke up the German attack, with Franklyn forcing von Richthofen"
"Red Baron (1980 video game) Red Baron is an arcade game developed by Atari, Inc and released in 1980. A first-person flight simulator game, the player takes the role of a World War I ace in a biplane fighting on the side of the Allies. The game is named after the nickname of Manfred von Richthofen, German flying ace. The game utilizes the same monochrome vector graphics and similar arcade hardware as Atari's own immensely popular Battlezone; both were developed at the same time. Like Battlezone, the player is presented with a first-person view of the action. Both Battlezone and"
"pointed to the dog fight by base control along with scrambling another one from base. The first Starfighter crossed through the dog fight at super sonic speed. The Gnats after scoring a kill started egressing. IAF's Squadron Leader Trevor J. Keelor of No. 23 Squadron claimed to have shot down the F-86 Sabre on that day (September 3), claiming the first air combat victory for the IAF of the war and subsequently received the Vir Chakra and the title of 'Sabre Slayer'. However the sabre he 'shot down' was flown in badly damaged condition and somehow rough landed back at"
"and a few relays on the Red Baron came from a 25-ton pile of junk that Greenamyer bought at Eglin Air Force Base. In a swap with NASA, he obtained the nose of a Lockheed NF-104A, with its reaction controls. The all-important J79-GE-10 engine was obtained from the US Navy. Greenamyer's ultimate goal was to reclaim the altitude record, which had been set by a Russian MiG-25 Foxbat. His attempt at the speed record was for the purpose of raising enough funding to enable the altitude attempt. To combat the effects of high altitude, Greenamyer developed a system to water-cool"
"The Red Baron (2008 film) The Red Baron (also known by its original German title, Der rote Baron) is a 2008 German-British biographical action war film written and directed by Nikolai Müllerschön about the World War I fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, known as the ""Red Baron"". The film stars Matthias Schweighöfer, Joseph Fiennes, Til Schweiger and Lena Headey. ""The Red Baron"" was filmed entirely in English to improve its international commercial viability. In 1916, Manfred von Richthofen is serving as a fighter pilot with the Imperial German Air Service along the Western Front. After dropping a wreath over the"
"Squadron RFC, causing instant disorientation and temporary partial blindness. He regained his vision in time to ease the aircraft out of a spin and execute a forced landing in a field in friendly territory. The injury required multiple operations to remove bone splinters from the impact area. The air victory was credited to Captain Donald Cunnell of No. 20, who was killed by German anti-aircraft fire a few days later on 12 July 1917 near Wervicq, Belgium; his observer Lt. A. G. Bill successfully flew the aircraft back to base. The Red Baron returned to active service against doctor's orders"
"flying newer aircraft. Depending on how well the player does, they can be assigned to an aerodrome that has a famous ace and can fly missions with them, and depending on the time period and the location of the aerodrome, the player can encounter the famous enemy aces that were in the area during that time period. A multiplayer version of the game was available on The Sierra Network. Two to four pilots competed in games lasting for ten minutes or three deaths. Sierra acquired Dynamix while ""Red Baron"" was being developed, and it became the first game in Dynamix's"
"Lanoe Hawker Lanoe George Hawker, (30 December 1890 – 23 November 1916) was a British flying ace of the First World War. Having seven credited victories, he was the third pilot to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry awarded to British and Commonwealth servicemen. He was killed in a dogfight with the famous German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen (""The Red Baron""), who described him as ""the British Boelcke"". Son of a distinguished military family, Hawker was born on 30 December 1890 at Longparish, Hampshire, England. Lanoe was sent to Stubbington House School and at the age"
"and published by Sierra Entertainment which was followed up by a less successful sequel ""Red Baron II"". A great variety of model airplanes of all scales, and flying balsa planes, portrait dolls and figurines representing the baron and his aircraft have been produced. The Red Baron name has been attached to small plush figures and teddy bears and is widely applied to products unrelated to the WWI ace. Grant Murray famously owned and drove the Red Baron until it was recycled by the Fire Service in July 2014. The Red Baron in popular culture Manfred von Richthofen, also known as"