NOVA's "Who Killed the Red Baron?" is based partly ... The rumors may have begun when German pilots from the Baron's "circus" reported witnessing the triplane's relatively smooth crash landing ...

Manfred von Richthofen, aka the "Red Baron," was the highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War I. In 20 months of combat, he officially shot down 80 enemy aircraft, including 21 planes in the ...

Jasta 11 was a unit led by Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron". Panic over the new three-wing design set in on the German side, and the very sight of the Triplane stoked fear ...