[Redbob]

Regardless of who shot him down, the life of Baron MAnfred Von Richtofen is a fascinating story.

[Snowyman]

Capt. A. Roy Brown's combat report, 21 April 1918

"At 10:35 a.m. I observed two Albatrosses burst into flames and crash. Dived on a large formation of fifteen to twenty
Albatross scouts, D.5's, and Fokker triplanes, two of which got on my tail, and I came out. Went back again and dived on pure red triplane which was firing on Lieutenant [Wilfrid] May. I got a long burst into him, and he went down vertically and was observed to crash by Lieutenant [Francis] Mellersh and Lieutenant May. I fired on two more but did not get them."

May later said that it was only his erratic, untrained piloting which saved him.He followed the erratic path of the novice pilot until a single bullet, shot from behind him, passed diagonally through his chest.

[niteowl77]

Regardless of who shot him down, the life of Baron MAnfred Von Richtofen is a fascinating story.

True. Manfred and his brother Lothar were textbook examples of a social milieu which was somewhat anachronistic even then. Unlike Oswald Boelcke, they tend to come across as rather unpleasant (IMO).