The Red Baron Author:Nicolas Wright A biography of the World War I ace known as the Red Baron who shot down 80 Allied planes before he himself was killed, a month before his twenty-sixth birthday. Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen, known in English as Baron von Richthofen or the Red Baron, was a fighter pilot with the German Air Force during World War I. He is consider... more »ed the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories.« less