Manfred Von Richthofen Command Of Jasta 11 Red Essay - 542 words

Manfred von Richthofen remains one of the greatest legends of aviation. Born in a part of Germany that is now Poland, Richthofen was the son of an aristocratic Prussian family. A far better athlete than scholar, he wanted to become a calvary officer, but the changing nature of war had eliminated the need for calvary, so, he turned to the "new calvary, " aviation. When World War I began, Richthofen joined the Fliegertruppe as an observer in order to get into combat more quickly. After just 24 hours of flight training, he made his first solo flight. He crashed trying to land.


By 1916, he was a combat pilot, and scored his first confirmed victory on September 17. On November 23 of the same year, he shot down the British ace Major Line Hawker, his eleventh kill. On January 4, 1917, Richthofen shot down his 16 th plane, making him the top living German ace at the time. He recieved the Orden Pour le Mike (a. k. a.


the "Blue Max"), one of Germany's highest honors. Given command of Jasta 11, he began to paint his aircraft red, so that he could be easily identified. However, it was also said he did this because of the color of his old Uhlan calvary regiment. To show solidarity with their commander, the pilots of Jasta 11 begin to put some red on their planes. Later, British pilots would paint the noses of their planes red, to show they were hunting this "Red Baron. " In April 1916, Richthofen wrote an angry letter to Be ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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