The Red Baron: A Photographic Album of the First World War's Greatest Ace, Manfred von Richthofen

If one aircraft was to represent the First World War, it could be the distinctive red Fokker Triplane of Manfred von Richthofen. With an astonishing eighty aerial victories, the Red Baron became a legend in his own, short, lifetime. Regarded as one of the most widely known fighter pilots of all time, von Richthofen is also considered to be the First World War’s ‘ace-of-aces’.

While much is known about this German aristocrat, what this book accomplishes is a pictorial portrait of von Richthof...