the most successful of all was a german, manfred von richthofen, the red baron. look at that.e got, so, that's one of the very early german planes, isn't it? donat von richthofen is the baron's great—nephew. so, how did your uncle begin in the war, what was he doing at the start of world war i? he began with the cavalry and afterwards he went to the luftwaffe. he became a pilot in 1915? 15, 16, about this. i've forgotten. and he was very young. he was very young, because he died a few days before his 26th birthday on the beginning of may. he was, of course, the most famous pilot in world war i. he had 80 kills... 80 kills, basically. he killed... no, no. he shot down the aeroplanes, but not every pilot was dead, many were landing. afterwards in the evening there was drinking in the casino. there was drinking in a casino? yes, with englishmen. really? yes. there was only a fight between two persons, not like today where nobody sees you, or who shot down. he was an extraordinary pilot. he shot down 80 aircraft, but then one day he... he was finished. he was shot from the earth a