Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen

Birth Date	02/05/1892
Birth Place	Poland: Wroclaw
Death Date	21/04/1918
Death Place	France: Picardie, Somme, Morlancourt
Also known as	The Red Baron
Units	3rd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Places	Morlancourt Wroclaw
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

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Date of birth	02/05/1892
Date commissioned	01/04/1911	Commissioned as a cavalry officer in the First Regiment of Uhlans at the Royal Military Academy at Lichterfield.
Date promoted	1912	Promoted to leutnant.
Other	10/10/1915	Made his first solo flight as a pilot.
Other	1915	Joined the German Air Corps (Fliegertruppe) as an observer.
Other units	09/1916	Assigned to Jagdstaffel 2 (2 Squadron) and flew an Albatross D.II.
Other	04/01/1917	Became his country's top living air ace with the death of his sixteenth victim and was awarded the Blue Max and given command of Jagdstaffel 11.
Other	06/1917	Given command of Jagdgeschwader 1 (Fight Wing 1).
Date of death	21/04/1918