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 of the people that Richthofen defeated burned to death after the bullets form his machine gun hit the gas tanks, as for the pilots who were able to eject before the plane went down or exploded Richthofen would fly by giving them a friendly wave or land to shake hands.
(Lieutenant) Wilfred May from Canada. He was honored by full military honors. On the morning of April 21, 1918 Richthofen led two-dozen warplanes over the Somme river Valley of France. (CAPTAIN) Roy Brown caught sight of what was happening and by then he was at 3,000 feet. Richthofen had the full advantage on Wilfred, then Capt. " They commenced the air battle, which was quite a show for the men down in the ditches. He did not notice that he had Richthofen on his tail until he saw tracer bullets begin to arc past the stays on the wings. Richthofen closed the gap between himself and Wilfred he was very close to him about 100 yards away, the men on the ground started to shoot at the German planes and Wilfred was afraid he would be shot down by his own side. the commander of "Pursuit Squadron 1" of the "German Air Force". The squadron that Richthofen was in charge of was nick named the "Flying Circus. 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. Wilfred looked behind him to see the big red plane chasing behind him with the machine guns spitting fire. As thy were chasing a few Australian photo reconnaissance planes they encountered some "ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTERS.
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