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Who Killed the Red Baron?
06 February 2008 by Amanda Rebbeck.
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Aircraft 1914 - 1918,Collection, Private Records, The Red Baron
A posthumous photograph of Captain Baron Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron). A03158I came across a number of first and second hand accounts of the death of Baron von Richthofen whilst I was examining various Private Record Collections in the Memorial’s Research Centre. They made for interesting reading since the events of 21 April 1918 have long been the subject of many enthusiastic debates in the history of the First World War. I have reproduced below for interest some extracts of the letters, diaries and memoirs I read. They have all been written by Australian Flying Corps personnel and describe their recollections of what happened the day the Red Baron flew his last mission. read on
