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[[Image:redbaron.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]'''Manfred von Richthofen''' (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) was a German [[Flying ace|ace]] fighter pilot in [[World War I]]. He was also called the "[[Red Baron]]," the "Bloody Red Baron," the "Jolly Red Baron," the "Red Falcon," the "Red Devil," and "Le Diable Rouge."<ref>http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0151771723&id=XB0HAAAAMAAJ&q=%22bloody+red+baron%22&dq=%22bloody+red+baron%22&[[Image:redbaron.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]pgis=1</ref> (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) was a German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron", due to the bright red colour scheme on his planes. He was the most successful [[flying ace]] during World War I, being officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories. He served in the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte).
{{Military bio
| image =[[Image:redbaron.jpg|300px]]
| name =Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen
| birth =May 2, 1892Kleinburg, Lower Silesia (now Wrocław, [[Poland]])
| parents =Albrecht Phillip Karl Julius Freiherr von Richthofen<br/>Kunigunde von Schickfuss und Neudorff
| religion =Protestant
| spouse =none
| children =n/a
| death =April 21, 1918<br/>Morlancourt Ridge, near Vaux-sur-Somme, [[France]]
| burial =Südfriedhof Cemetery, Wiesbaden, Germany
| education =Royal Military Academy, Lichterfelde, Germany
| branch =Imperial German Army Air Service (''Luftstreitkräfte'')
| years =1911–1918
| rank =Captain
| commands =''Jasta 11''<br/>''Jagdgeschwader 1'' ("Flying Circus")
| battles =[[World War I]]
| postmilitary =Died in combat
}}
'''Baron Manfred von Richthofen''' (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) was a German [[Flying ace|ace]] fighter pilot in [[World War I]], and known in history as the "Red Baron"<ref>http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0151771723&id=XB0HAAAAMAAJ&q=%22bloody+red+baron%22&dq=%22bloody+red+baron%22&[[Image:redbaron.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]pgis=1</ref> (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) due to the bright red colour scheme on a plane he used late in the war. He was the most successful [[flying ace]] during World War I, being officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories during his service with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte).
==Early Life and Outbreak of War==
==Early Life and Outbreak of War==