![]() ![]() ![]() With the Royal Air Force (RAF) crediting a Canadian pilot with shooting down the German ace at the time, it is now widely argued that the fatal shot came from below likely by an Australian machine gunner.ĭuring the Great War, local Air Defence (AD) was considered to be in the remit of conventional ground troops. His dominance in the air continued until his demise above the Australian lines in Amiens, when, following a dogfight with Canadian and British pilots, and fire from Australian ground forces, the infamous von Richthofen crashed behind the Australian trenches. Known as the Red Baron due to the auspicious colour of his Fokker triplane, he was officially credited with 80 air combat victories more than any other pilot of the war. The famous Great War German pilot, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, was the scourge of allied forces along the western front. – Field Marshal Erwin Rommel,Commander, Afrika Corps, 2nd Battle of El Alamein, 1942 Introduction Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.
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