Название: Richthofen: A True History of the Red Baron
Автор: William E. Burrows
Издательство: Lake Press
ISBN: 0006568785
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 291
Размер: 6,1 МБ
Язык: Английский

Originally a cavalryman, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), nicknamed the Red Baron, transferred to the German Air Service in 1915. One of the first members of fighter squadron Jasta 2 in 1916, Richthofen quickly distinguished himself as a fighter pilot, becoming leader of Jasta 11 in 1917 and later leading the larger fighter wing known as “The Flying Circus” or “Richthofen’s Circus” whose bright-colored aircraft moved from one area of Allied air activity to another, settling on improvised airfields.