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tccdvit00 asked in Education & ReferenceTrivia · 1 decade ago

Why was the Red Baron called the Red Baron?

world war 1

roy brown

germany

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  • heebus_jeebus
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    "SWIDNICA, Poland—Baron Manfred von Richthofen buzzed above the muddy World War I battlefields in his red Fokker tri-plane, downing a record 80 Allied aircraft on his way to becoming the war's top fighter ace and earning the famed "Red Baron" nom de guerre."

    Source(s): http://origin.elpasotimes.com/nationworld/ci_76180...
  • Scooter
    1 decade ago

    He flew a red, Fokker triplane....pretty well, too.

  • Chris
    1 decade ago

    His plane was red.

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