If you’re interested in history or aviation, take a look. The following is a very rare piece of film from 1917. It shows the infamous Red Baron, Manfred Von Richthofen, doing an external prior to a mission, as well as his putting on a flying suit prior to flight in cold weather. If you look closely you will notice Hermann Goering.
The Baron was shot down on 21 April 1918 by Roy Brown of the Royal Navy Air Services, a prelude of the R.A.F. The Aussies also claim that one of their machine gunners on the ground shot the Baron down. UK & Australian Doctors, after the autopsy, stated that the fatal bullet was shot from above.
Watch this extremely rare, extremely old footage and re-live history.
Stephanie - 9 years ago
Amazing to see that old flight footage