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Major William Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside, M.C , D.F.C. Commanding Officer of Number 84 Squadron R.A.F at Bertangles, France, Summer 1918.

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1916 11 23 Achilles - Russell Smith

On 23 November 1916, while flying an DH2 Serial No. 5964 Lanoe Hawker left Bertangles Aerodrome at 1300 hours as part of ‘A’ Flight, led by Capt J. O. Andrews. Andrews led the flight in an attack on two German aircraft over Achiet, but spotting a larger flight of German aircraft above Andrews was chose to break off the attack. Hawker, however, continued to press the attack. Losing contact with the other DH-2’s, Hawker began a lengthy, circling dog-fight with the Albatros D.II flown by Leut. Manfred von Richthofen. Richthofen wrote of the dogfight in his autobiography, “Thus we both turned like madmen in circles, with engines running full-throttle at three-thousand-five-hundred meters height. First twenty times left, then thirty times right, each mindful of getting above and behind the other.” As is the nature of a dogfight, the circling combatants began to lose altitude as each tried to gain the advantage over the other. The playing field was almost evenly matched as Hawker flew the DH2 capable of turning tighter circles and Richthofen piloted the Albatros DII, which capable of faster airspeed. Hawker, however, had the dual disadvantage of being over German lines and a wind drift that would carry him even farther into enemy territory. Unable to get advantage over his opponent, Hawker broke away from the spiral and attempted a series of evasive acrobatics. Running out of both fuel and sky, Hawker finally had to make what was perhaps the only practical choice available to him - a low level dash back towards the Allied lines. Flying in a somewhat straight line only a few meters above the treetops, Richthofen, in the faster machine, now had the advantage. Hawker jinked his machine up and down and side to side in order to present a difficult target for Richthofen. 50 yards from the lines, however, a bullet from Richthofen’s guns struck Hawker in the head, killing him instantly. His plane spun from 1,000 feet and crashed 200 meters east of Luisenhof Farm, just south of Bapaume on the Flers Road. Lanoe Hawker went down in history as Richthofen’s 11th victim. Achilles is the right half of a dyptich which also features Hector. Achilles is symbolic of Richthofen - the seemingly unbeatable warrior who would defeat Hector but who would himself be brought down later by what amounted to a single chance shot. Here, Manfred von Richthofen eyes Lanoe Hawker from across a descending 75-yard circle. Neither man knows the identity of his opponent, nor are they aware that this one-on-one engagement will become one of the most legendary aerial duels of the First World War. This engagement would see the death of Lanoe Hawker and help to make Richthofen's name a household word on both sides of the lines.

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Four Australian officers placing wreaths from British Squadrons on the grave of the Red Baron. Bertangles, 22 April 1918. © IWM (Q 10923)

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The Funeral of Manfred von Richthofen 

Australians firing a volley at the graveside. No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Bertangles, 22 April 1918.

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These newsreel clips,  IWM IWM 673c, released May 2 1918, show the funeral of Manfred von Richthofen aka the Red Baron. 

In common with most Allied air officers, No. 3 Squadron AFC’s commanding officer Major David Blake, who was responsible for Richthofen’s body, regarded the Red Baron with great respect, and he organised a full military funeral.

The body was buried in the cemetery at the village of Bertangles, near Amiens, on [Apr 22 1918]. Six of No. 3 Squadron’s officers served as pallbearers, and a guard of honour from the squadron’s other ranks fired a salute.

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Australians firing a volley at the graveside of the Red Baron, Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen. No. 3 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps. Bertangles, 22 April 1918.

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April 21, 1918-

In the well-trafficked skies above the Somme River in France, Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious German flying ace known as the Red Baron,” is killed by Allied fire on April 21, 1918.

Richthofen, the son of a Prussian nobleman, switched from the German army to the Imperial Air Service in 1915. By 1916, he was terrorizing the skies over the Western Front in an Albatross biplane, downing 15 enemy planes by the end of the year, including one piloted by British flying ace Major Lanoe Hawker. In 1917, Richthofen surpassed all flying-ace records on both sides of the Western Front and began using a Fokker triplane, painted entirely red in tribute to his old cavalry regiment. Although only used during the last eight months of his career, it was this aircraft with which Richthofen was most commonly associated and that led to an enduring English nickname for the German pilot—the Red Baron.

On April 21, 1918, with 80 victories under his belt, Richthofen led his squadron of triplanes deep into Allied territory in France on a search for British observation aircraft. The flight drew the attention of an Allied squadron led by Canadian Royal Air Force pilot Captain Arthur Roy Brown. As Richthofen pursued a plane piloted by Brown’s compatriot, Wilfred R. May, the Red Baron ventured too far into enemy territory and too low to the ground. Two miles behind the Allied lines, just as Brown caught up with Richthofen and fired on him, the chase passed over an Australian machine-gun battery, whose riflemen opened fire. Richthofen was hit in the torso; though he managed to land his plane alongside the road from Corbie to Bray, near Sailley-le-Sac, he was dead by the time Australian troops reached him. Brown is often given credit for downing Richthofen from the air, though some claimed it was actually an Australian gunner on the ground who fired the fatal shot; debate continues to this day.

Manfred von Richthofen was buried by the Allies in a small military cemetery in Bertangles, France, with full military honors. He was 25 years old at the time of his death. His body was later moved to a larger cemetery at Fricourt. In 1925, it was moved again, at the behest of his brother, Karl Bolko, this time to Berlin, where he was buried at Invaliden Cemetery in a large state funeral. In a time of wooden and fabric aircraft, when 20 air victories ensured a pilot legendary status, the Red Baron downed 80 enemy aircraft and went down in history as one of the greatest heroes to emerge from World War I on either side of the conflict.

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“Funeral of Baron von Richthofen, Bertangles, 22.4.18. Bringing the coffin into the cemetery. (Somme and Ancre Area).”

Scene during funeral services of Baron von Richthofen, Bertangles, France. 4-22-1918 Series: British Photographs of World War I, 1914 - 1918. Record Group 165: Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1860 - 1952

German fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the “Red Baron,” was shot down and killed over Allied lines on April 21, 1918.  Members of the Australian Flying Corps organized a full military funeral for Richthofen on April 22, 1918.

“Funeral of Baron von Richthofen, Bertangles, 22.4.18. Some of the wreaths from various British Squadrons that were placed on the grave.” NAID 16579762

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Corgi Diecast Sopwith Camel F.1 Wilfred May Death of The Red Baron 1:48 WWI Military Aircraft Display Model AA38110

Price: (as of – Details) As he climbed into the cockpit of his Sopwith Camel fighter at Bertangles aerodrome on 21st April 1918, Canadian Wilfred Reid ‘Wop’ May had no idea that this would be the most significant day in his life. Embarking on only his second mission over the Western Front, he had been instructed by his Flight Commander, the ace pilot Captain Roy Brown, to avoid combat if they…

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Photos taken at the funeral of Manfred von Richthofen aka The Red Baron. Credited with 80 aerial victories for the German Air Force in WW1, he was buried by members of 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corp (forerunner of the RAAF) with full military honours at Bertangles Cemetery near Amiens, France on 22 April 1918. He was 25 years old. The following collection is inspired by his famous red Fokker Dr.I Triplane. 🤙😎. . . Free Shipping Worldwide 📦👍 🌎 www.iloveahangar.com 👍 #aviationlovers #instagramaviation #avgeek #airforce #aviators #theredbaron #manfredvonrichthofen #fokkertriplane #fokkerdri #warbirds #warbird #germanairforce #converse70s #vanslovers #militaryhonors https://www.instagram.com/p/B7FZ52jBHNp/?igshid=1cnn8h4yl9q2b

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These newsreel clips,  IWM IWM 673c, released May 2 1918, show the funeral of Manfred von Richthofen aka the Red Baron.

Colourised by Benjamin Thomas - IWM Q 10923 - Thomas Keith  Aitken

In common with most Allied air officers, No. 3 Squadron AFC's commanding officer Major David Blake, who was responsible for Richthofen's body, regarded the Red Baron with great respect, and he organised a full military funeral.

The body was buried in the cemetery at the village of Bertangles, near Amiens, on [Apr 22 1918]. Six of No. 3 Squadron's officers served as pallbearers, and a guard of honour from the squadron's other ranks fired a salute.

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An RAF Chaplain leads the coffin of “The Red Baron” Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen past the saluting party as it enters the cemetery at Bertangles, France, April 1918 [881x608] Check this blog!