Manfred von Richthofen, aka the "Red Baron," was the highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War I. In 20 months of combat, he officially shot down 80 enemy aircraft, including 21 planes in the ...

Baron Manfred von Richthofen is the most feared and celebrated pilot of the German air force in World War I. To him and his companions, air combats are events of sporty nature, technical challenge ...

NOVA's "Who Killed the Red Baron?" is based partly on a notable recent ... "I started firing at the body of the German pilot directly through my peep sight," Buie wrote. "Fragments flew from ...

But the Red Baron's final aerial foe was Carberry, Man., native Wilfred (Wop) May, who the Baron was pursuing when he was hit. "May, at that time, was a very junior pilot," says Robert Nash ...