What plane did the red baron fly?

Answer 1

Several.

Manfred von Richtofen a.k.a. The Red Baron, choose a military career in a Uhlan Cavalry unit following in his father's footsteps at the outbreak of war in 1914. The use of the machine gun quickly made cavalry units, on horse back at least an out dated military weapon. He made a transfer to the German Imperial Air Service as an observer where he scored his first "kill" but it was an unconfirmed downed enemy plane.

Richtofen began his flying career as a pilot of an observation aircraft. When Germany's lead ace Boelcke asked him to join their squadron, he flew an Albatros D-II. The D-III model came out shortly later and had a weakness of tearing its wings off in high stress dives and maneuvers. Richtofen nearly experienced when his D-III broke a wing spar causing him to lose faith in the aircraft. He switched to the Halberstadt D-II for a time before returning to the Albatros D-III when the lower wing spar was strengthen. By this time Boelcke was dead, killed in a mid-air collision with another German pilot during a dogfight. Boelcke had 40 victories at his death.

Richtofen eventually flew an all-red Albatros D-III. His old cavalry's unit color was red and as a tribute to it but also for identification in the air by his fellow airmen and also the enemy.He received a head wound while flying in combat in an Albatros and he suffered headaches and fatigue from it for the rest of his life. This occurred in 1917 when a bullet grazed his skull.

Anthony Fokker developed the Fokker Dr.1 triplane, and one of the first ones was assigned to Richtofen. Later, he flew one that had the green wash but had the upper wing, nose, wheels and tail painted red. Richtofen flew several Dr-1s issued to his Jadgstaffel. The Fokker triplane the one Anthony Fokker first gave him, he lent to a friend Curt Wolff, who was killed in it during combat with Sopwith Camels. Wolff had 33 victories at the time of his death.

In the beginning of 1918, Germany held their trials for new aircraft designs for government contracts. One of these was the Fokker D VII and Richtofen was asked to fly it and give his recommendations. He liked the plane and help win the contract for Anthony Fokker, but he didn't live to fly it in combat. Richtofen would be dead by the time the production model was made available.

Richtofen flew and later died in an all-red Fokker Dr.1on April 21, 1918.

Answer 2

The types of planes he flew as a fighter pilot were as follows--in the order he scored his kills:


Albatros D.II


Albatros D.III


Halberstadt D.II


Albatros D.V


Fokker DR.I


He flew 3 or 4 Fokker Dr.1 aircraft. He flew an observation plane before transferring to fighters.




Source: http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/germany/richthofen2.php

Answer 3

In March 1916, he joined Kampfgeschwader 2 ("No. 2 Bomber Geschwader") flying a two-seater Albatros C.III.

On 26 April 1916, he fired on a French Nieuport, downing it over Fort Douaumont, though once again he received no official credit. By now, he was flying a Fokker Eindecker single-seater fighter.

On 23 November 1916, Richthofen downed his most famous adversary, British ace Major Lanoe Hawker VC, described by Richthofen himself as "the British Boelcke." The victory came while Richthofen was flying an Albatros D.II and Hawker was flying a D.H.2.

He switched to the Albatros D.III in January 1917, scoring two victories before reverting to the Albatros D.II for the next five weeks. He scored a victory in the D.II on 9 March, but since his D.III was grounded for the rest of the month, Richthofen switched to a Halberstadt D.II.

He returned to his Albatros D.III on 2 April 1917 and scored his 22 victories in it before switching to the Albatros D.V in late June. Following his return from convalescence in October, Richthofen was flying the celebrated Fokker Dr.I triplane. Despite the popular link between Richthofen and the Fokker Dr. I, only 20 of his 80 kills were made in this now-famous triplane. It was his Albatros D.III that was first painted bright red and in which he first earned his name and reputation.

Answer 4

The Sopwith Camel....if you believe the Royal Flying Corps. Official credit went to a Canadian pilot, Capt Roy Brown in his Camel.

This question is hottly debated as to was it Brown or a Sgt in the Austrialian Army firing his vickers 30 cal machine gun, same gun used on the Camel.

Richtofen was flying low enough to land his all red Fokker Triplane, a plane that must be flown 100% of the time. The fatal wound Richtofen received killed him within a minute. Giving him enough to land somewhat controled and die shortly afterward in the cockpit as Austrialan soldiers came up to the plane on 4/21/1918.

Answer 5

Manfred von Richtofen was killed in a Fokker Triplane painted all red on April 21, 1918.

He flew several planes through the war...

Albatros D.II, D.III, D.V, D.Va

Halberstadt D.II

Fokker Dr.1 triplane

Tested Fokker D.VII but was killed before it reach the front lines for service.

Answer 6

By June of 1917, he was the commander of the first of the new larger Jagdgeschwader (wing) formations, leading Jagdgeschwader 1, composed of Jastas 4, 6, 10 and 11.

These were highly-mobile, combined tactical units that could be sent at short notice to different parts of the front as required. In this way, JG1 became "The Flying Circus", its name coming both from the unit's mobility (including the use of tents) and its brightly coloured aircraft. By the end of April, the "Flying Circus" also became known as the "Richthofen Circus."

Answer 7

a red biatch

Answer 8

Red