In fact, the Red Baron would make his last flight in it, being killed on Apr. 21, 1918, while flying a Fokker Dr.1 designated 425/17. In the fall of 1917 two prominent aces, Heinrich Gontermann ...

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 ...

NOVA's "Who Killed the Red Baron?" is based partly on a notable recent investigation of those theories, The Red Baron's Last Flight, by Norman Franks and Alan Bennett. Another important recent ...