SUBJECTS >> OPERATIONS >> World War I
AIRCRAFT >> OTHER AIRCRAFT >> Albatross
Catalog Number:
1974.001
Location:
5th Floor, E-Ring, 8-9
Description:
An Illustrative Allegory Of The Red Baron And One Of The First War Planes He Flew, An Albatross.Manfred Von Richthofen, Noted In History As A Hunter-Killer Pilot Was Also A Sporting Bird Hunter.As An Unrelated Note Of Interest A Russian Pilot Scored The First Kill For His Nation By Crashing His Unarmed Aeroplane Into A Very Armed Albatross. Unfortunately Both Pilots Were Killed.Perhaps The Most Famous Aero Dual Of WWI Was Between Richtofen And The British Flyer, Lanoe Hawker. The Two Meet At 10,000 Feet And Fought Down To 250 Feet. The Fight Was Viewed By Thousand Of Men Of Both Sides. Lanoe Hawker Died When His Plane Crashed. The Plane Richtofen Was Flying Was An All Red Albatross.
