World War One: The Red Baron

Witness History

BBC

History, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2018

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Using archive BBC recordings of veterans, we tell the story of one of the most famous figures of World War One. The legendary German air ace Baron von Richthofen who was killed in April 1918. Photo: German First World War air ace Manfred von Richthofen, known as the Red Baron, with a comrade in front of his famous red tri-plane. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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1:12.0	And as part of our centenary series on the First World War
1:14.7	today we present eyewitness accounts of the famous Air Ace Baron von Rictovan,
1:20.4	the Red Baron who was killed in April 1918.
1:25.0	Rachtoven was not only a very good pilot.
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