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| Tango01 | 08 Apr 2015 10:17 p.m. PST |
… Red Baron Followed to Conquer the Skies. "GERMANY'S RED BARON, also known as Manfred Von Richthofen, wasn't a very good pilot — his flying instructors thought him a mediocre aviator at best. Nor was the 25-year-old native of Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) the fiercest warrior in the air — he often avoided taking risks preferring to prey on slower-flying observation planes. Yet the Prussian aristocrat and one-time cavalry officer chalked up an astounding 80 air-to-air victories in two-and-a-half years – more than any other flaying ace of the First World War. In fact, Von Richthofen would become the greatest war hero of Germany and the most celebrated combat pilot in history. The Baron himself credited his enviable success not just to his gifted marksmanship, but rather to a near slavish devotion to a set of simple dogfighting maxims handed down to him by his own hero and mentor, Oswald Boelcke…"
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| Matsuru Sami Kaze | 13 Jun 2015 9:10 a.m. PST |
I didn't see number eight, but could it be "LOOK OUT!". Note both VR and OB died early deaths and did not survive the war. |
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