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'''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).
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'''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> 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==
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