Re: Re: Re: fighter aces
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Originally posted by hernan
Don't forgetTHE RED BARON!
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That would be correct for World War I, though. Rittmeister (Cavalry Captain) Manfred Freiherr (Baron) von Richthofen was credited with 80 kills in the Great War. All of his kills were documented and none were shared (it was the custom of the Imperial German Air Service -- and later the Luftwaffe -- that only one pilot would be given credit for a kill); whenever possible he would cut out a piece of fabric containing the downed aircraft's serial number and display it either in the study of his family home or in the officer's club of his squadron.
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