Allied soldiers show off items from Manfred von Richthofen, including his fallen plane, bottom. Courtesy Bonhams Auction House. Von Richthofen died April 21, 1918, in France.

BERLIN (AP) — Manfred von Richthofen, the honorary president of Germany's national Olympic federation who presided over a shake-up in German sports management, has died. He was 80.

Manfred von Richthofen, aka the "Red Baron," was the highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War I. In 20 months of combat, he officially shot down 80 enemy aircraft, including 21 planes in the ...

Manfred von Richthofen, who was famously known as the Red Baron, was shot down and killed in April 1918 - seven months before the end of the war ...

Baron Manfred von Richthofen is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge ...

On April 21, 1918, 101 years ago today, German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen was shot down over France. The son of a German nobleman, von Richthofen was Germany's most successful and ...

Baron Manfred von Richthofen was leader of Germany's Flying Circus and an airplane ace known as the "Red Baron" during World War I. Researchers say a severe head injury in 1917 may have ...

Conflicting eyewitness accounts have led to many possible scenarios for who killed Manfred von Richtofen, also known as the Red Baron, during WWI. Here, examine some of the most famous and likely ...