On April 21 1918 a Canadian wheat farmer turned pilot trained his guns on a crimson red triplane in the skies over France. Moments later Germany's greatest pilot the aristocratic Baron Von Richtofen was blasted from the sky. This date marked a turning point in the character of modern warfare - the end of the concept of glory and honor and the beginning of air war as a dirty killing business. Here is the story of that historic battler.
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