Who was the Red Baron? How did he earn his nickname?
Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron), a legendary fighter pilot with his very own Yahoo! category, was born on May 2, 1892, in what is now Wroclaw, Poland. He was shot down 25 years later during the final months of World War I, in the skies over Vaux sur Somme, France. In those early days of aviation, 20 confirmed air combat kills was considered an incredible achievement — the Red Baron achieved 80. Von Richthofen was initially a cavalryman in 1915, but soon grew bored with his post and asked to be transferred to the German Air Force. He made his first kill on September 17, 1915, and by the war’s end, he was a national hero. He had his
