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THE END OF THE RED BARON

... THE END OF THE RED BARON Cavalry Captain Baron von Richthofen was shot down in aerial combat on the day when the German papers announced his 79th and 80th victories. Boyd Cable writes: The Red Baron, with his famous 'circus,' discovered two of our artillery ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1918
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 13 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE END OF THE RED BARON

... THE END OF THE RED BARON Cavalry Captain Baron von Richthofen was shot down in aerial combat on the day when the German papers announced his 79th and 80th victories. Boyd Cable writes: The Red Baron, with his famous 'circus,' discovered two of our artillery ...

Published: Saturday 25 May 1918
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 245 | Page: 13 | Tags: Illustrations 

Red Baron Days Have Gone

... Red Baron Days Have Gone THE last war produced a crop of great air aces —Mannock, Ball, Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, Fonck—and strings of other fighters who shot down enemy machines in wholesale fashion. Maybe this war will produce a similar ...

Published: Sunday 17 September 1939
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 243 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

' A LEGENDARY FIGURE

... Major Edward Mannock. _ THey know about Richthofen and Immelmann, about Ball and Bishop. Colonel Bishop, who is now in Canada, is popularly credited with 72 enemy 'planes and balloons. Richthofen, the Red Baron, heads the German aces with 80 confirmed ...

Published: Sunday 15 April 1934
Newspaper: Weekly Dispatch (London)
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 111 | Page: 18 | Tags: none

DAWSON

... who brought him the grim tidings: “ May my son’s spirit continue with you.” Richthofen had been shot down by Captain Roy Brown, a Canadian in the British R.A.F. The red baron (he flew an all-red machine to distinguish him for friend or foe) was chasing ...

Published: Thursday 16 January 1930
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 172 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

RICHTHOPEN crashes a rival into a house

... from such fleets of t air. It is probable that Richthofen himself killed more men when, as an observer, he was dropping bombs on the helpless Russian infantry than ever he killed in the air. The red baron seems to have expected his death in battle In a ...

Published: Thursday 16 January 1930
Newspaper: Daily Herald
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 735 | Page: 7 | Tags: none