However, twentieth century warfare had little use for mounted cavalry. The invention of the Maxim machine gun had led to the need for combat operations to be carried out from trenches dug into the country side. When war broke out in August, 1914, Richthofen looked to the air service for a new challenge. He initially joined the Fliegertruppe (air service) in 1915 as an observer because the training course was shorter and would get him to combat faster. After meeting Oswald Boelcke, who would remain his hero and idol, Manfred was committed to becoming a pilot. After only 24 hours of flight training from his friend, Oberleutnant Georg Zeumer, he mad

He died on April 21, 1918 in the skies over Vaux sur Somme, France. He was 25 years old. He was called der rote Kampfflieger (The Red Battle-Flyer) by his own people, le petit rouge by the French, and the Red Baron by the English. In a time of wooden and fabric aircraft, when twenty air victories insured a pilot legendary status and the coveted Pour Le Meerite, Richthofen had eighty victories, and is regarded to this day as the ace of ace.

On September 17, 1916 Manfred von Richthofen tallied his first confirmed air victory Sep 17 1916- Richthofen scores his first confirmed air victory.

e his first solo flight on October 10, 1915 but crashed his plane while attempting to land. By his own admission he was not a great pilot. In his book he expressed amusement at the fact that an opponent he brought down made a perfect landing while his attempt at the same feat, at the same time, was disastrous.

In his second air combat, Richthofen exchanged fire with a French plane. Though this was against what he had been instructed to do. In this flight von Richthofen was supposed to be an observer of the dogfighting going on below him. The Allied plane dropped away and crashed, but Richthofen was not credited with the victory because the enemy plane crashed behind French lines and could not be confirmed. Later in his career, Richthofen would not be limited by this; he was taken at his word for his kills.

The action caught the attention of Canadian Capt. Roy Brown, who led a flight of eight Sopwith Camels far above. Brown and his flight dived into the fray. Soon some Albatros Scouts joined in, as did a new group of Fokkers. Among them was an all-red Triplane.

Brown knew that unless he distracted the Triplane pilot, his boyhood friend May was doomed. Diving at full speed, he swept in behind the Fokker and fired a

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