the great aerial dogfights that took place between Allied and German pilots over Europe—a deadly arabesque whose leading avatar was Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron"—often as not ...

Manfred von Richthofen, aka the "Red Baron," was the highest-scoring fighter pilot of World War I. In 20 months of combat, he officially shot down 80 enemy aircraft, including 21 planes in the ...