![]() He had made the first flight in the prototype at Farnborough, Hampshire, 18 August 1911. 2 (also designated Fighter Mk.I) was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland. 83 more would follow and he would become known as The Red Baron. Originally a cavalry officer, he had become an aerial observer before training as a pilot. This action was his first confirmed aerial victory. Von Richthofen had just joined Jasta 2 after becoming a fighter pilot. BARON VON RICHTHOFEN HEIGHT SERIAL NUMBER2B, serial number 7018, shown surrounded by enemy soldiers. Morris and Rees flew this Royal Aircraft Factory F.E. Captain Rees was buried at Villers-Plouich. The body of Lieutenant Morris was buried at Porte-de-Paris Cemetery, Cambrai, France. Lieutenant Morris died while being taken to a field hospital by ambulance. Von Richthofen landed his Albatross alongside. Lieutenant Morris was wounded but was able to land the crippled airplane near a German airfield. ![]() Captain Rees continued firing at von Richthofen until he was killed by the Baron’s gunfire. The F.E.2B’s engine stopped and it started down. Both officers were assigned from their original regiments to No. 2B scout bomber, serial number 7018, was flown by Second Lieutenant Lionel Bertram Frank Morris, with Captain Tom Rees as observer and gunner. The British airplane, a Royal Aircraft Factory F.E. ![]() Attacking one, he closed to within 10 meters and fired several bursts of machine gun fire. von Dühren, )ġ7 September 1916: At approximately 11:00 a.m., near Villers-Pouich, Nord, France, Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, of Jagdstaffel 2, Die Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (the Luftstreitkräfte), while flying an Albatros D.II, serial number 491/16, spotted a flight of enemy aircraft. ![]() Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht Freiher von Richtofen. ![]()
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