Manfred Albrecht von Richthofen

Birth Date	1892-05-02
Birth Place	Poland: Wroclaw
Death Date	1918-04-21
Death Place	France: Picardie, Somme, Morlancourt
Also known as	The Red Baron
Units	3rd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Places	Morlancourt Wroclaw
Conflict/Operation	First World War, 1914-1918

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Date of birth	02 May 1892
Date commissioned	01 April 1911	Commissioned as a cavalry officer in the First Regiment of Uhlans at the Royal Military Academy at Lichterfield.
Date promoted	1912	Promoted to leutnant.
Other	1915	Joined the German Air Corps (Fliegertruppe) as an observer.
Other	10 October 1915	Made his first solo flight as a pilot.
Other units	1916-09	Assigned to Jagdstaffel 2 (2 Squadron) and flew an Albatross D.II.
Other	04 January 1917	Became his country's top living air ace with the death of his sixteenth victim and was awarded the Blue Max and given command of Jagdstaffel 11.
Other	1917-06	Given command of Jagdgeschwader 1 (Fight Wing 1).
Date of death	21 April 1918