Peter Tyson Born on May 2, 1892, in Breslau, Lower Silesia (now Wroclaw, Poland), Manfred von Richthofen came from a distinguished Prussian family whose roots could be traced back to the Middle Ages.

On this day in aviation history, we mark the 107th anniversary of Manfred von Richthofen's final aerial victories. On April 20, 1918, the famed German ace-known around the world as the Red Baron ...

Like the Kennedy assassination, the death of Manfred von Richthofen is clouded by dozens of often conflicting eyewitness accounts and has inspired a mountain of speculative theories. NOVA's "Who ...