Baron Von Richthofen: The Red Baron - Full Documentary

Sunday the 21st of April 1918 captain Roy brown the Canadian pilots of the newly formed Royal Air Force DSC and commander of number 209 squadrons a flight was warming up the 150 horsepower rotary engine of his Sopwith Camel the camel was a major fighter one of the greatest fighting machines of the First World War this aircraft required the skills of experienced pilots and captain Brown was one such pilot [Applause] as captain Brown took off for the song Valley groans spitting England out his thoughts won't hehe the aircraft aloft constantly adjusting the controls little did he know that by 11:30 that morning his name would be written down forever in the halls of aviation history and he is personally going to be responsible for ending the seemingly immortal era of the highest-scoring fighter eights of the first world war the legendary Manfred von Richthofen [Music] manfred von Richtofen was born on the 2nd of may 1892 in Kleinberg the Richtofen ancestry was not one of soldiers in war but one of country estates and rural life of the landed gentry his father was practically the first member of his branch of the family to have become a soldier but had to resign his post because of ill trouble caused by saving one of his men from drowning in maan for its generation however military life became a matter of course and with war looming every able-bodied member of the Richtofen family was an active service he spent his school years first in private tuition at Kleinberg R then at a school in sraight snits he began his military career at the age of 11 in the cadet corps at Ball State in 1911 John Deere and the first regiment of you lands as a cavalryman in fact all of the Richtofen centered services cavalrymen by 1912 andhra turbine was an officer and two years later he went to war in June 1915 he gained his first flying experience in war as an observer with the 69th squadron of the Flying Service on Christmas Day 1915 fähnrich Irvin passed his final pilots examination and began training as a fighter pilot by September 1916 he'd scored his first victory on the 20th of April 1918 he scored his 80th Manfred von Richthofen had become a legend the world over the Allied Pilots although fearing him had a great amount of respect for this fighter ace and called him the Red Baron because of his distinctive red aircraft this great pilots and great leader of men never made his 81st victory the legacy of Manfred von Richthofen as a combat leader still exists today within the modern Luftwaffe Yogeshwara 700 total posted bitumen in the north of Germany consists of two squadrons starfield 712 staff 711 the wings emblem is the Richtofen are both squadrons proudly display the emblem of wrecked ovens famous red Fokker triplane in their markings yeah dicen la father fuchsbau there are four squadrons in the German air force which have received a traditional name the ribbon squadron at him gosh whadda dessert I did so now I'm a felon or and in 1961 the squadron was given this traditional name and we bear this name with extraordinary pride of often only form and finding and that's down on every camera on every aeroplane and uniform and above every band that was issued then offered and do you I did so on the Rick Tobin identifies himself wherever he may be a vaccine as a ward the tradition grew out of the name Richter courage bravery and humanity we have taken them over into our air force warrant that's the least often Eric Tobin in batch which I'm wearing myself has become a sign of a corporate identity so I can Fontana corporate identity Govardhan wherever they are we are a member of the Richtofen squadron vice man here come with the name repto we can identify anywhere in the world via Severus Thornton bar within the current fulfillment of its commitment to NATO and in the defense of its now reunited Finland the wind carries on the traditions and embraces the spirit but to Lustrous namesake manfred von Richtofen the courage compliments of phantom f-4 aircrafts are far more sophisticated from the string and canvas types of Rick Tobin's era the modern-day fighter pilot is highly trained having spent many years learning and studying his trade in contrast of the outbreak of World War one fighter planes a fighter pilots or any accepted doctrine for air combat were unknown but war Spurs rapid advancements there were no pilots notes who approved tactics memoranda to study the fighting pilots had to learn his trade for himself in action this was the case with Manfred von der Tauber the basic ideals that proved so efficient during World War one are still continued and practiced today some 80 years later the familiar from least often that yet so ik this some yeah from family dates back to about the year 1500 Altis ashes horribly fleshed on how - don't feel a bit oh it's an old solution firmly which brought forth many important person including philosophers scientists and Baron Manfred von Richthofen elect orphan dashanzi our food and food who was encouraged early on to lead other people and to take over the responsibility for the family and his environment Manfred von Richthofen was an excellent Horseman and a proficient hunter who liked nothing better than to spend the day in the saddle hunting on the family estate he gloried in the challenge of competition and in the thrill of the hunt and the triumph of the kill is Cohutta a fox well spyridon there are disorders that was part of the education of the nobility he started to ride very early kind of wolf Toigo and Madonna who didn't have aeroplanes not so many colours here at MIT the means of transport was the yes he was an extremely good rider the transition from cavalry officer to Airman seemed natural to Manfred von Richtofen he saw military aviation as being the aerial cavalry of the 20th century and swiftly adapted his fighting and leadership talents Manfred von Richthofen was the modern embodiment of the teutonic knights in shining steel helmets and white cloaks that bore the black cross sweeping across Europe centuries before but he wasn't just a hunter he was also a military organization man he was a daring and cool-headed leader in battle he was also a seasoned manager we knew how to use his resources to the best advantage and how to motivate those under his command as llamas or not thus fun lifts often I says he can cheat Denzil duttonville so my name does it was obvious when he decided to take up a profession of soldiers that he would join the cavalry of clear on Titan often via does helped the heart of God and their cavalry aren't just being the Cavalry's main times reconnaissance in the awfully wrong meta cavalry and then it was a natural transition that when von Richtofen later changed over to the Air Force in their alphabet he would carry out reconnaissance with the first Arab layer of clearance over time MIT in yes in full-time as a fighter pilot he wrote an air combat operations manual one of the reports stated my favorite way of leading a snaffle is like hunting on horseback across a field then it is of no consequence if I turn push ahead all pull back he also stated that the man who is a born Horseman is almost always a born aviator the steadiness of hand and quickness of eye which is necessary to a first-class game shot is equally necessary to the fighting pilots captain manfred von Richtofen was in his early 20s when he was at the height of his fame as a national hero and successful fighter pilot this reconstruction shot after the war shows just what the conditions were like when engaging the enemy in aerial combat [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] as a young pilot manfred von Richter's max front they were bringing down countless British and French machines and gaining high honors and rewards I got into Santa graffiti Richthofen floor Ines Targus that's an interesting story toven took a train journey one day and on Tisch and then in the dining car he saw at another table a young highly decorated soldier and flying officer emerged when he'd asked him about his name that he was also on that occasion we felt the desire to become like Oswald alka and be a willness fighter pilots I began to actually get severe homicide Boca venture capital there are as I know Stafford Volker was a squadron captain who had successfully led a sportin in the First World War together with Immelman who's one of the most successful fighter pilots of the time worked on his ladder now that's funny left often it was obvious that von Richtofen saw a model in Oswald polka he wanted to emulate him the MNR - volta it was little wonder that many men desire to follow such illustrious path to glory on Rick Tobin had his chance when the great polka nineteen aerial fights during 1950 to 1960 was taken away from the war front and told to formed fighting units of single-seat fighter Scout aircraft by mid 1916 the first seven yassir's were being formed with eight more following by the August each Gaston consisted of 12 pilots although this later rose to 18 with the opening of the Battle of the Somme Volker was ordered to head yes to 11 and to recruit his own pilots one of these was Manfred von Richthofen his career as a fighter pilot was about to begin it was bulker who opened the us to scoring bringing down seven British aircraft in the first two weeks of September 1916 and on the 17th of September von Richtofen made his first victory on the 28th of October after scoring 40 air victories Osvald Volkers aircraft collided with another during an air battle he died instantly when I'm stuffer for theirs or for cash when a squadron leader who was so successful at international hero dies the grief is very very great that was also the case in the Balkan squadron off in Stafford fr and the men had the feeling that they were falling into a big hole because their famous leader wasn't there in your moment of furor nor niched madaba and they started to search for a successor which proved to be extremely difficult Walker was a hero and had been treated as such heroes are difficult to replace by now Rick Tobin had scored six personal victories the new lineup of y hasta eleven carrying on in bulk --is named following his death went on to bring the score to a total of 86 between them up until the end of 1916 von Richtofen score had risen to ten but it was to be his 11th which brought him his most important victory and one which was to make him a national hero on the 23rd of November he shot down the British ace and hero major Lana Walker it was now that the legend of Baron Manfred von Richthofen was born major Hawker via insight Punk'd that's English it was indeed at the time major Holt was the English flying ace and comparable to both on the German side on name is know from the lumen of our major Hawk after season after Richtofen had succeeded in shooting down major in Germany the filling arose they had a gain a new savior yeah that's a new secret hero who once asked him had become the national symbol and the national hero Deutsch DS an actress yes some nuts on islands in boards from that's in our head also on TV and then it was extremely important they really hoped to have found in ripped home the hero that could maintain the morale of the civilian population at home in the fun of the land so I was in fatherland vido I'll face Terre Haute in quanta no sooner had he established himself amongst the most successful air fighters in the German as service and he was given the command of his own group of four squadrons guests of 4 6 10 and 11 this group became known as his flying circus jg number one [Music] the squadrons flew in groups of between 6 to 15 aircrafts although occasionally they were sent out on loan ventures the leader von Richtofen had chosen to paint his aircraft a brilliant red color making it easily identifiable in battle for the rest of his squadron to spot first with his albatross Scouts and then later with his legendary trademark the Fokker dr1 try playing he wrote later that one fine day I came up on the idea of having my crate painted glaring red the result was that absolutely everybody could not help but notice my red bird in fact my opponents also seemed to be not entirely unaware of it but has notoriety arose for gaster 11 undergone red turban and his singular identifiable aircraft concerns spread for his safety amongst pilots concerned that the British and French knew that he alone flew this red aircraft and had consequently put a price on his head for shooting down the Red Baron [Music] it's interesting to note that during World War one most of the German and Allied infantrymen on the ground you very little about aircraft or their markings and found it difficult to distinguish which was friendly and which was the enemy this resulted in many occasions where the pilots actually faced a barrage of bullets from their own side [Music] all of Ritter burns men flu wonderfully they have the best teachers the squadron's are moved from place to place depending where the battle was thickest or wherever the British and French reconnaissance machines activities had been the busiest but as a rule had concentrated on the British front wherever they pitched the tents they could do the regular squad room performances in the morning followed later in the day by loan rates or strafing flights it's no wonder that with these brightly colored machines and the twice daily shows of aerial wizardry they soon became known by the British as von Richtofen traveling circus whenever possible the British would try and locate the temporary air strips and run strafing attacks on the aircraft on the ground sometimes with devastating results [Music] on the 10th of March 1917 a new pilot joined rooked ovens yester eleven Manfred's brother lota the propaganda machine burst into action for now there were two wrecked ovens flying together to defeat the enemy in the air deep iDEN Rudolf unleashed often month later families often a lot - listo of two brothers von Richter burner and pride and load up on brick turbines I'm very wealthy they were also very different Manfred von Richthofen there is Manfred von Richthofen was a born leader von Richtofen was an extend a good pilot but he didn't take over the tasks of a leader he felt quite comfortable in his brothers squadron souvenir man the food is the other aspects were on war in design he was successful with 20 planes being shot down missin lotar later recalled when I arrived at my brother she wasn't a beginner and Fred gave me one of his old machines in which he had attained his first ten aerial victories likewise he gave me a pair of his old leather flying gloves as luck would have it I shot down my first ten English men armed with these gloves and this machine loader also noticed that other well-known fires observed certain Buddhists superstitious practices for example his brother Manfred achieved all of his aerial victories wearing the same old leather jacket Kurt both never flew without his lucky night cap as proof that these rituals should be followed moto recalled that her fingers always flew with his riding frog and the one time he left it behind in his quarters was the day he was killed all's well bolkcom forbade his picture being taken just before starting out on a flight and the one time this rule was violated was on the same day he died such was the skill of lo Tarek toven as a fighting pilot that within two weeks he had shot down his first enemy [Music] von Richtofen was a model of daring and leadership in air war he wrote his own air combat operations manual which sets out a methodical detail the necessary elements to become successful in both initiating and repulsing air attacks these are some of his basic principles the commander flies to where the assembled staffel leaders have taken up Deborah strike it's advisable that each star has its own end the marking the commander's aircraft must be very conspicuously painted the aircraft in the formation should fly at the same altitude in a precise organized formation the most favorable situation is when one can get between an intruding enemy formation in the front one cuts off his escape gets above its and forces it to fight the continuous attack ensures success every individually counts the number of besides them when the offensive begins everyone must ascertain where all of the enemy aeroplanes are at all times the commander should not focus his attention on sealing enemy aircraft you should fly towards the main body once the commander swoops into a dive to attack the enemy formation it must be the aim of each and every pilot to be the first to engage the opposition the one who is closest to an opponent is the one alone push an open fire from him the simplest thing is to surprise a single-seat fighter from behind than the main point to make tighter turns to stay above the opponents [Music] in individual combat approach the enemy until about 50 metres behind him carefully take aim and fire the opponent's food for one does not need to be an aerobatic artist or a trick shooter rather one has to have the courage to fly right up to the opponent if attacked from a single-seater from above never let up turns he died but full speed turn towards the opponents and by pulling up in each turn try to get about him and never let the enemy get in your back one can attack a fighter from the front but this is rare if the moment for which one is in the right range the combat is only a fraction of a second [Music] when the battle lasts until it is far on the other side and one is alone one should never obstinately stay with an enemy and through bad shooting or skillful turning one has been unable to shoot down for a beginner about to face the enemy the following rules apply we need no aerial acrobatics just courageous Daredevils the pilot must master his machine gun by practicing at full speed in high altitude and tight turns he must know the terrain without a map and the routes to and from the front by heart it is important to know what to do to keep from being shot down the greatest danger a surprise attack from behind [Music] the best and most experienced to be surprised and shot down from the 91 without fail must be a behind him the opponents favorable position diving from out of the Sun in a few shorts the correct method if surprised is a sudden and very tight turn and take the offensive as quickly as possible [Music] miss Katya niched vassman sauce - applaud and for her vows en cuanto there was nothing in the manual you could pull out of a drawer and copy techniques and tactics all had to be invented on the site was on a switch - half an hour it was a distinguishing fact 200 turbine that he was able to put down his theories on paper everybody could read them dammit aftershave Hut's system what he wrote down in those days is still important and correct today Rick Tobin insisted that his pilot should be the best with the feeling of strong competition as they all try to go level with their leader however his feelings about his enemy were mixed in his autobiography he wrote everything depends on whether we have four opponents those French tricksters all those daring fellows the English I prefer the English frequently the daring of the latter can only be described as stupidity in their eyes it may be pluck and bravery the great thing in air fighting is the decisive factor does not lay in trip flying but solely in the the Aviator a flying man they'd be able to loosen do all the tricks imaginable and yet he may not succeed in shooting down a single enemy in my opinion the aggressive spirit is everything and that spirit is very strong and Germans hence we shall always retain domination of the air the French have a different character they like to set traps and to attack their opponents unawares that cannot easily be done in the air only a beginner can be caught and one cannot set traps because an aeroplane cannot hide itself the invisible aeroplane has yet to be discovered sometimes however the Gaelic Blood asserts itself the Frenchman will attack but the French attacking spirit is like bottled lemonade but lacks tenacity in English men on the other hand one notices that they are of Germanic blood sportsmen take ease litre flying but the Englishmen see flying is nothing but a sport they take perfect delight in looping the loop flying on their back and rolling over and indulging in other tricks to the benefit of our soldiers in the trenches all these tricks may impress someone who attends a sports meeting but the public at the Battlefront is not so preachy ativ of such things it demands higher qualifications than trick flying [Music] the rules that applied to confirmed victories for a pilot sport was simple if the aircraft was shut down on the German side of the lines the enemy aeroplane whether intact or wrecked had to be located at the place the pilots claimed to have shot it down this had to be verified either by other men in the air or by ground observers any third film alight but often not confirmed unless somebody else actually saw it crash beyond repair burn or it was subsequently shelled by gun fire and seemed to be destroyed this system did not leave much room for a pilot to try and increase his own score either by deception or by taking another's claimed anyone who tried and was caught out soon left the frontline squadron on the British side of the lines confirming a victory was more difficult but as long as the aeroplane attacked was seen to crash burn or in some way be destroyed and was verified by either ground or air observers was credited to the victorious pilot a wafer with the difficulty of flying in high altitude perhaps being hotly engaged by enemy aircraft wasn't always possible to observe the fate of an aircraft that appeared to be going down for the last time this gave rise to the claim out of control or ooc violets of coursed used this spinning down maneuver as a ruse to get out of trouble and when near the ground would regain proper control and fly off or provided another pilot confirmed what he also thought was a machine going down out of control and looking certain to crash his probable victory was confirmed and listed as a victory it was often claimed by the Allies that Baron von Richtofen to play fair by surprising his victims from behind and giving them no chance to defend themselves this was probably true but that's exactly the job of a fighter pilot or scout pilot as they were known in World War one to destroy the maximum enemy forces with a minimal risk to himself and his fellow pilots by his very trade he has to gain the advantage of position to strike why risk a dogfight when you may come off worse when you can down the opponent without being seen before it's too late it may not sound chivalrous but it got the job done and in von Richter burns case done well [Music] one target that von Richtofen never attacks yet some of the more inexperienced violence did where the Allied observation balloons but he considered they used to be a most dangerous target if they were well protected from the ground crews and by Allied scout patrols [Music] it may have been a quick and easy kill to shoot down one of the balloons in a hail of bullets leaving the balloonists to parachute to safety I'm watching the balloons covered to the ground in all the fire but that Swift and seemingly easy kill left the attacker in a vulnerable position it often ended in an equally swift death Richtofen fought his battles by staying cool calm and collected never going for an all-or-nothing which is perhaps the main reason why he achieved his final score of 80 aerial victories the flow let's go surplus finally too often via does I think the big advantage of born bred servant was that he could motivate ESCO pilots the pilots of his squadron by demonstrating everything yeah this testing of ears and and aloft was the first in the air and the last to land again they shouldn't force an alloy to stir protectively in front of his people he protected them in a fight no sir he passed on all his knowledge of technique and above all tactics to his men and that makes him so special that he was in such a way to transform relevant actions into his own actions to his men and that became clear when he took over squadron 11 which had been so successful before that if every banana deer for her shoot downs increased from one day to the next of Magan the abscess sound baron von Richtofen kept a trophy room at the family estate since right schnitz this was the room of the great hunter the walls full of memorabilia and serial numbers on patches of fabric taken from the aircraft that he had downed this collection seen here was lost after the Second World War when the family fled from the Soviet occupation it has never been seen since April 1917 became known as bloody April to the British losing one third of their complement of pilots in the hunt alone why was German dominance so strong in the war in the air and in particular why was Manfred von Drake and so successful in shooting down the enemy say yes to my hot air naturally and I got some egg look our glue had em hard at 50 a very difficult question because first of all we have a lot of luck only efficient people are lucky that's been proved it was courageous he had good technique good tactics and love caffeine and give act fund a marathoner I would never have dared to enter an air fight if he knew in advance that he wouldn't be able to win it ability pill Orton got the ads and team he had well trained pilots who flew together as a team individualist they were as one writer and South Coast editing group one which combined several squadrons he was able to group forces together that was why he was so extraordinarily successful baron von Richtofen scored his 80th victory on the 20th of april 1918 when he shot down a british Sopwith Camel the next day on the 21st of April he was to come up against another camel in fact seven of them Richtofen led one flight while still of Tennant hands-full fled the second of Tennant both in a letter to man Ford's brother loader wrote scarcely had we arrived at the front in the area around panel when from the side and below as we saw seven Sopwith camels in addition to the five of us yes to five was still in the vicinity but much further away in the valley of Salinas sac [Music] above us were seven more soaked with camels some of which attacked yes to fight whilst the others remained above one or two came at us we began to fight in the course of the fights I saw that Herot Meister was often near me but he had not shot anything yet well if Devin's major car yes and I fought against two or three camels suddenly I saw the red machine near me as he fired at a camel that first went into a spin and then slipped away in a steep dive to the west this fight took place on the other side of the heights of Hamlet we had a rather strong east wind and Herr Rick Meister hadn't taken that into account as I now had clear air around me I got closer to a camel and shot it down as the camel went down I looked over at hair Rick Meister and saw that he was at an extremely low altitude over the song they call thee it was Englishman I shook my head instinctively and wondered why I hear it my sister was following an opponent so far on the other side [Music] while I was looking to see where my opponents had fallen suddenly I heard a machine gun behind me and saw that I was being attacked by another camel which had already put 20 holes into my machine when I luckily got free of that one I looked around for Henrich Meister that's all no one except Argus was close alongside me then I became uneasy as I certainly should have seen Herbert Meister we circled the area for a time within again attacked by an Englishman who followed us for about 900 meters / co' be part of her rich Meister there was no trace but the sense of foreboding I came home reports had come in that a red try plane had landed smoothly northwest of Corbie but he was not shot down from behind I could vouch for that would have been the most terrible thing for me as I considered myself to be the personal chief of havoc Meister had he succeeded in shooting down the Englishman then he would have pulled up but he didn't he suddenly went into a steep dive and had apparently landed smoothly though they had become accustomed to death and destruction his comrades waited for news they hoped that their leader would be spared the fate of so many of his victims the following day they received news confirming the Brit turbans plane had gone down within British lines by all accounts RIT Meister Manfred turbaned was killed at about 11:45 a.m. german time while hotly pursuing soft with f1 camel d three-three two-six of number 209 squadron of the British Royal Air Force while Richtofen chased his intended victim second with tenant Wilfred make an even lower altitude along the Somme River Valley he was himself fired upon by captain Roy brown a squadron leader it's also known that Australian gun batteries on the ground opened fire on the red Fokker triplane at that height the aircraft would have appeared as blurred images to the troops on the ground but the Gunners knew by now that a cocky image was friendly and a red one is the enemy captain Roy Brown claimed the credit for shooting down the Red Baron as he'd become known so two to the 53rd Australian field artillery battery lieutenant Richard Wenzel another of the Rick Tobin circus follows the same view the brick token was shot down by ground fire over the lines we attacked seven Sopwith camels with red noses the anti-drip Tobin people due to the strong east wind we drifted farther and farther over the other side I saw that one of our machines was in trouble I thought I recognized it as Rick Tobin's machine we broke off combat and went back over the lines by one we landed an Egret Tobin was missing another member of the squad room recalls another Englishman could have shot him down from behind is out of the question the possibilities are but the engine quit or the shots fired from the ground at the aircraft [Music] it's this reckless vista service on their least often I've gotten the question is is it really important to know who shot Thornbury Tobin opinions differ widely went as far as I'm concerned I don't mind whether he was shot down from the ground or by captain Brown a person had he had perhaps not considered one of his rules in May when he flew the strong east wind had pushed him across the enemy lines and it's quite possible because both aeroplanes were extremely low that he was shot down from the ground also any chief Aaron does it even with machine give a fire from Borden I was a pleasure Sanborn is not exactly a dad and those who feel like I'm at it's Tim Howard nice treated so I could get eyes as I just said it made a big mistake he did not return when he saw well perhaps he hadn't seen them but he'd flown over the enemy line positions at the time and the enemy lines or trenches were not easily recognizable might have been too busy chasing of Tennant mail so that he didn't see that he'd crossed over the enemy lines on that day and the attack after I didn't believe foreign envoys and we now know from a letter from lieutenant wolf to lotar Richtofen that there was a strong east wind and he could say when you look at this construction of fabric and wood that he was blown over the line second lieutenant may of the aria rito vans intended 81st victim later reported the following through lack of experience I held my guns open too long one jammed and then the other so I spun out of the mess and headed west into the Sun for home the first thing I knew was that I was being fired upon from the rear but I could do was to try and dodge my attacker I noticed that it was a red fly plane but I've realized then that it was Rick Tobin but probably have passed out on the spot I kept on spinning and dodging from around 12,000 feet till I ran out of sky but it's all over the ground British and German ground troops were firing at us he passed over the sub river started low altitude Richtofen was close on my tail at this point I was a sitting duck so as to low down to make it turn away from him captain Avery Brown completes the report we went back again and dived down on a pure red cry plane which was fired by lieutenant May I got in a long burst in the try plane went down vertical and was observed to crash by lieutenant mellersh and of Tennant made whether he was shot from an aircraft or from the ground the fact is that von Richtofen only 26 years old and the master of aerial combat had violated a point of his own air combat manual and in making that one vital error suffer the consequences one should never obstinately stay with a target which through bad shooting or skillful turning he's been unable to shoot down a number of opponents [Music] Rick Tobin's plane had plowed into a field he was dead a single bullet through the heart his body was removed from the wreck my Australian ground troops and taken to the Australian Flying Corps Base at Columbia at 4:00 p.m. on the 22nd of April Rick Tobin's coffin was taken to the cemetery in nearby boat angle the funeral attracted many Allied airmen who pay their last respects to a great pilot and worthy adversary Aron Manfred von Richthofen was buried with full military honors the service that was captured on motion picture film [Music] a short while later a lone British aircraft dropped a wreath and a message containing official completion of his death [Music] [Applause] [Music] kunos or the least often as Hawkeye applause by the same token when Hawker was shot down by Richtofen the grief was very great in written laws so yes why don't - garnish gladden on his head farts right at first nobody wanted to believe it and it took two or three days until they could believe that Rick Tobin was no longer alive it was April 1918 at the end of the war was almost in sight and it was symptomatic that the death of rento he sent the end of the war and also note the fancy in 1925 he was transported from France to the invalid cemetery in Berlin until after World War 2 in science this not invalid cemetery was a very honored place many famous people are there and it's done when the DDR built the wall the wall went directly over the invalid cemetery nobody cared for the graves they were in no-man's land because I was ill our game demands land on the RTT familiar and Slauson family decided in 1975 to transfer the remains to the south symmetries but one can't finished and dim and therefore Iran what am i control iced tea for Iran you can see the admiration for Rick Tobin in those days when the train which transported his coffin to Berlin stopped at every station third Ward and also not at each town and village he was honoured by speeches the laying down of wreaths even in his death it was still a national hero under for this was exactly the case the train that carried the remains to Berlin had to stop everywhere and old warriors and veterans societies made in the last owners by laying down rates and addresses so if you like on such occasions Richtofen was resurrected Renzi's of iron is leased whorfin da vida 1/5 on general Phan hook nurse sent a note of condolence to Rick Tobin's men it read stronger than Rick Tobin's words were his deeds was granted to him to be confirmed and honored to live as a leader and to be cherished as a comrade we will not direct our gaze on what could have been rather from what he was we will derive a living force a force that stays alert in permanent memorial to his deeds [Music] that memorial is still alive today at Richmond Ezra turbines gravestones saved from the invalid Cemetery in Berlin stands between the two gate guards was a proud reminder of the heritage of Yogeshwara 71 Richtofen a memorial to a man that was a born leader who died a national hero but he wasn't always at ease with such fame and glory he once wrote the battle now taking place in all France has become dreadfully serious for now we must arm ourselves against despair imagine how how death would feel breathing down my neck and no longer so insolent in spirit I've been told by people in high places that I should give up flying when I'd be miserable with myself if now burdened with glory in decorations I went to become a pensioner of my own dignity to save my mind here in the nation was every poor fellow in the trenches gives his and Richard in spirits after every aerial combat I go directly to my room I do not want to see anyone or hear anything I feel that the war is not as people imagine it with a roar and a cheer it is very serious very grim [Music] this is a shreya c9 sofas etson in and Monday in Uganda it's very difficult to imagine a man who has performed excellencies in war that's his country another 14 steak muffins I know we live in peace now it's very difficult to imagine that it's often iron man always think that from his education from his training ritterby was a man who was extraordinarily courageous on the one hand but who on the other hand we thought about war and the consequences of the war it wasn't a killer who needed a shoot down for his breakfast especially towards the end of the war he'd become a very reflective man there is a picture of him at the age of 25 well you might think he was 50 you might think that he'd lived his life twice over but you can't say one thing it was always a loyal servant of his country that one convey hotel and I think we can learn from that in fairly good as I had to Kevin and since I'm Zeke I can have swing [Music] you [Music]

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Published: Mon Nov 11 2019