On July 5, 1917, the legendary Fokker Dr.I triplane made its first flight. Best known as the Red Baron's aircraft, this WWI ...

The plane was fantastically successful; its most famous pilot was Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the "Red Baron," who scored 19 of his final 21 kills in the Dr.1. He was shot down and ...

On this day in 1916, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen, the legendary `Red Baron' of World War 1, shot down his first allied aircraft over France.

The production and costume design soar but the drama and characters hardly get one wheel off the ground in "The Red Baron," a patchy, anti-heroic biopic of WWI German flying ace Baron Manfred von ...

Red Baron not fit to fly when plane shot down. September 23, 2004 — 10.00am. Save. Log in, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later.

The World War I flying ace known as the Red Baron was shot down from the ground, not from air, according to eyewitness report being auctioned.

Flying (for the most part) a bright red-painted Fokker Dr.I triplane, the Red Baron scored 80 confirmed kills throughout the First World War, the highest official tally of any pilot of that war.

Baron Manfred von Richthofen was leader of Germany's Flying Circus and an airplane ace known as the "Red Baron" during World War I. Researchers say a severe head injury in 1917 may have ...

Manfred von Richthofen, called the Red Baron, in 1917. [Photo: C. J. von Dühren] Manfred von Richthofen was a young Prussian aristocrat from Silesia, what is today part of Poland.

April 21st marks 105 years since the death of the First World War German ace, Baron Manfred von Richthofen. The matter of who shot the Red Barron is a controversy that remains unresolved to this day.