The Red Baron Page #5

Our task is to win aerial superiority of

the airspace and remain in control of it.

That's no problem at all, or is it Bodenschatz?

They have four times more planes than us, Udet.

We were struggling with them already for months.

It will be worse than ever.

They will send everything they have.

F***ing cold.

What the hell are you doing?

Excuse the disturbance, Lieutenant.

What do you want with the picture of my brother?

He ordered me to take them off.

All of his pictures.

Sir.

Move out!

May god help us.

Gentlemen.

Let's go!

Ignition!

He really returned.

His Flying Circus has swept

the Brits out of the sky!

He passed over us.

He waved at us.

Richthofen's Fighter Squadron1, Cappy, France

Captain!

Gentlemen!

The High Command in northern sector wants to thank us.

I want to thank you, too.

You fought outstandingly.

Thank you.

Thank you Captain.

That's not how you pictured your

famous cousin, am i right?

The glorious Captain that

you have seen on photos.

The biggest hero of the Fatherland.

The ace of aces with 80 victories.

Nobody else has shot down so many of them.

I am really proud to be his brother.

You don't have a chance against this family, Udet.

Peace?

Is that one of yours?

I don't remember anymore.

You are flying again, right?

Why did you hide it.

Why did you lie to me again?

I didn't want to worry you.

I just want that you are happy.

Kthe, I can't do what they want from me.

They offered you security.

Your life.

When I was a little boy...

I could hit every target with

the rifle of my father.

Targets that the others couldn't see anymore.

I dreamed of seeing everything.

Like a bird.

Falcon eye.

"Eagle eye" was my nickname.

When I became a pilot

I really thought that I could see

everything from above

I saw nothing.

I was blind before I met you.

You opened my eyes.

You showed me what I didn't want to see.

We all just wanted to fly.

Voss, Sternberg...

Lehmann, Wolff...

Hawker

No matter which side, we all knew the risks.

I wanted to be the best.

I wanted to win and I assumed I had won.

But now I can see, Kthe.

I can see now that we turned the world into a slaughterhouse.

And I have already contributed too much

They are faking hope with my photo

where there is no hope left.

They use my name.

To pretend that there is immortality

although there is only pain and death left.

You said it yourself:

"The men who die out there have no choice."

I have.

I can't simply order them into battle.

I can perhaps lead them out there.

Help them.

Die with them.

But I will never betray them or hide the truth.

by playing an immortal God in Berlin.

You

You are my biggest victory.

Captain?

Excuse me please.

Capt...

Captain, an enemy squadron is approaching the front line

Thank you.

Sir.

Yes, thank you.

They were sighted a Lagnycourt.

That means...

They are coming from north west.

Thank you.

Brother.

How about me leading Nr 11 and you fly to my right?

It will be my pleasure.

Wolfram

You avoid every dogfight!

Stay near to Lothar.

If you are attacked you fly back!

And fast.

Intelligence and cowardice are very close.

A nice day to fly.

You are a courageous man, Baron.

A very courageous man...

Ignition!

Allied territory, northern France

two weeks later

Thank you.

You are welcome.

Mademoiselle.

I wanted to visit you much earlier.

But it wasn't easy to get into allied territory.

But then our friend helped me.

He asked me why it is important for me to come here?

I told him I love you.

Did I ever tell you?

Manfred von Richthofen

The most successful pilot

of ww1 with 80 victories

Shot down on 21. April 1918

being 25 years old.

He was buried with military

honors by the allies.

Kate Otersdorf, nothing is known about her life after the war

Captain Roy Brown. He was then believed

to be the one who shot down Richthofen

But until now nobody knows exactly how the Red Baron died.

Captain Brown died of a heart attack in 1944

Lothar von Richthofen survived ww1

He had a fatal accident on July 4 1922

while landing a transport plan in Hamburg.

Werner Voss, Fighter Ace and one of

Richthofen's best friends

He got 48 victories before he was shot down

on September 23 1917

Kurt Wolff, 33 Kills, shot down on September 15 1917.

He forgot to take his bedcap on his last flight.

Many jewish pilots fought for the German Reich in ww1

They are all represented by the fictional

character of Friedrich Sternberg

Wolfram von Richthofen, Richthofen's cousin fought during

the last months of ww1 as a pilot

until Germany surrendered on November 1918

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