Inspired by Boelcke, Richthofen began pilot training and joined Kampfgeschwader 2 (“No. 2 Fighter Squadron”) in March ... widely recognized as the "Red Baron"-a nickname inspired by both ...

As a child I remember hearing that he'd been shot down over France by the Red Baron in 1918 ... of Tyson's patrol turned to continue his squadron's mission of protection, Tyson made his fatal ...

gave official credit for the Baron's death to No. 209 Squadron's Captain Roy Brown, whose combat report gives only the barest outline of the action: "Went back again and dived on pure red triplane ...