Richthofen was fatally wounded just after 11:00 am on 21 April 1918, while flying over Morlancourt Ridge, near the Somme River.
At the time, the Baron had been pursuing (at very low altitude) a Sopwith Camel piloted by a novice Canadian pilot, Lieutenant Wilfrid "Wop" May of No. 209 Squadron, Royal Air Force. In turn, the Baron was spotted and briefly attacked by a Camel piloted by a school friend (and flight commander) of May's, Canadian Captain Arthur "Roy" Brown, who had to dive steeply at very high speed to intervene, and then had to climb steeply to avoid hitting the ground. Richthofen turned to avoid this attack, and then resumed his pursuit of May.
It was almost certainly during this final stage in his pursuit of May that Richthofen was hit by a single .303 bullet, which caused such severe damage to his heart and lungs that it must have produced a very speedy death. In the last seconds of his life, he managed to make a hasty but controlled landing in a field on a hill near the Bray-Corbie road, just north of the village of Vaux-sur-Somme, in a sector controlled by the Australian Imperial Force (AIF). One witness, Gunner George Ridgway, stated that when he and other Australian soldiers reached the aircraft, Richthofen was still alive but died moments later.Another eye witness, Sergeant Ted Smout of the Australian Medical Corps, reported that Richthofen's last word was "kaputt",..in German meaning 'finished',or 'done'.
His Fokker Dr.I, 425/17, was not badly damaged by the landing, but it was soon taken apart by souvenir hunters.
No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, as the nearest Allied air unit, assumed responsibility for the Baron's remains.
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr Von Richthofen "The red barron", with 80 confirmed victories, was an ace pilot in world war one.
Manfred von Richthofen's birth name is Manfred-Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen.
Manfred von Richthofen was born on May 2, 1892.
Manfred von Richthofen died on April 21, 1918 at the age of 25.
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He was Protestant.
Manfred von Richthofen was born on May 2, 1892 and died on April 21, 1918. Manfred von Richthofen would have been 25 years old at the time of death or 123 years old today.
originally in France
The German air corps.
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr Von Richthofen "The red barron", with 80 confirmed victories, was an ace pilot in world war one.
The infamous "Red Baron's" father was Albrecht Phillip Karl Julius Freiherr von Richthofen.