Manfred Von Richthofen was born on May 2nd, 1892 in Kleinberg, German Empire, (Now Wroclaw, Poland). Kunigunde von Schickfuss und Neudorff was his mother and Albrecht Philipp Karl Julius Freiherr von Richtofen was his father. Though Manfred was his second child, it was his first son. Two more sons Lothar and Karl Bolko soon followed. The Richtofens came from a long line that could be traced back to the sixteenth century. Many in the family raised Merino sheep and farmed their land in Silesia. Manfred grew bup on his parents villa in Schweidnitz. There, lived his uncle who hunted in, Africa, Asia, and Europe. This got Manfred hooked on hunting. Even before Manfred was born, his dad new his first son would follow in his footsteps in the military. …show more content…
Albrecht himself, was one of the first Richtofen’s to start a military career. But during a daring rescue to save several soldiers who fell into the frozen Oder river, he became deaf and it forced him into an early retirement. But Manfred still followed in his father’s footsteps and started school in Berlin. After graduating school in 1911 he joined a cavalry unit. When WW1 started, he started as a cavalry recconassince officer on the eastern and western front. He saw action in Russia, France, and Belgium. With the advent of trench warfare making traditional cavalry operations outdated and inefficient, his unit was dismounted, and started serving as dispatch runners and field telephone runners. Sad that he was no longer seeing combat, he decided to join the air service. But joining the air service took months of training, so he decided to become an observer. In May 1915, Richthofen traveled to Cologne for the observer training program at the No. 7 Air Replacement Station. Even though Richthofen didn't have to fly the airplane, he still had to go up in one. During his first flight he became lost, and was unable to give the pilot directions. So they landed. But he did not give up and continued to learn how to observe, locate enemy troops, and drop bombs. Richthofen passed observer training and was then sent to the eastern front to report enemy troop movements. After several months of flying as an observer in the East, Manfred was told to report to the "Mail Pigeon Detachment," the code name for a new, secret unit that was to bomb England. Richthofen had his first air fight on September 1, 1915. He went up with pilot Lieutenant Georg Zeumer, and for the first time, spotted an enemy aircraft in the air. Richthofen had only a rifle with him and though he tried several times to hit the other plane, he failed to bring it down. A few days later, Richthofen went up again, this time with pilot Lieutenant Osteroth. Armed with a machine gun, Richthofen fired at the enemy plane. Then the gun became jammed. Once Richthofen unjammed the gun, he fired again. The plane started to spiral and eventually crashed. Richthofen was elated. However, when he went back to headquarters to report his victory, he was informed that kills in enemy lines did not count. Richthofen, after much determination, he finally passed all three of the fighter pilot examinations. On December 25, 1915, he was awarded his pilot's certificate.Richthofen spent the next several weeks with the 2nd Fighting Squadron near Verdun. Though Richthofen saw several enemy planes and even shot one down, he wasn't credited with any kills because the plane went down in enemy territory with no witnesses. The 2nd Fighting Squadron was then sent to the East to drop bombs on the Russian front. Then he was asked to join the "Jagdstaffel 2" ("hunting squadron") in Lagnicourt, France.
Soon after, he got his first kill and started a tradition of getting trophies made for every victory he was credited with. Now he was becoming an ace and wanted to distinguish himseRichthofen understated the colo's affect on his enemies. To many, the bright red plane seemed to make a good target. It was rumored that the British had put a price on the head of the red plane's pilot. Yet when the plane and pilot continued to shoot down airplanes and continued itself to stay in the air, the bright red plane caused respect and fear.lf from other flyers. So then he got the idea to paint his plane red. April 1917 was "Bloody April." After several months of rain and cold, the weather changed and pilots from both sides again went up into the air. The Germans had the advantage in both location and aircraft; the British had the disadvantage and lost many, many men. In April, Richthofen, shot down 21 enemy aircraft bringing his total up to 52. He had finally broken Boelcke's record (40 victories), making Richthofen the new ace of aces.On April 21, 1918, the day after he had shot down his 80th enemy aircraft, Manfred von Richthofen climbed into his bright red airplane. Around 10:30 a.m., there had been a telephoned report that several British aircraft were near the front and Richthofen was taking a group up to confront
them. The Germans spotted the British planes and a battle ensued. Richthofen noticed a single airplane bolt out of the melee. Richthofen followed him. Inside the British plane sat Canadian Second Lieutenant Wilfred ("Wop") May. This was May's first combat flight and his superior, Canadian Captain Arthur R. Brown, who was also an old friend, ordered him to watch but not participate in the fight. May had followed orders for a little while but then joined in the ruckus. After his guns jammed, May tried to make a dash home. To Richthofen, May looked like an easy kill so he followed him. Captain Brown noticed a bright red plane follow his friend May; Brown decided to break away from the battle and try to help his old friend. May had by now noticed he was being followed and was frightened. He was flying over his own territory but couldn't shake the German fighter. May flew close to the ground, skimming over the trees, the over the Morlancourt Ridge. Richthofen anticipated the move and swung around to cut May off. Brown had now caught up and started firing at Richthofen. And as they passed over the ridge, numerous Australian ground troops fired up at the German plane. Richthofen was hit. Everyone watched as the bright red plane crashed. Once the soldiers who first reached the downed plane realized who its pilot was, they ravaged the plane, taking pieces as souvenirs. Not much was left when others came to determine exactly what happened to the plane and its famous pilot. It was determined that a single bullet had entered through the right side of Richthofen's back and exited about two inches higher from his left chest. The bullet killed him instantly. He was 25 years old.
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