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21 April 2006, 08:45 AM
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Salute, MvR! Russ
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21 April 2006, 09:35 AM
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R.I.P., Rittmeister;he fought bravely and fairly for his country and secured himself an important place in history with honor and dignity, even considering the horror of war itself.
Cheers, Manfred 
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21 April 2006, 10:22 AM
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Location: The American West
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Just FWIW, 82 years before MvR's demise, another event occurred that (near as I can tell) usually passes unnoticed.
On April 21, 1836 a Texian "army" of no more than 900 (including the rear guard) beat the bejabbers out of 1,500 mexican troops, killing at least 600 versus 9 Texian KIAs. The independence of the Texas Republic was thus assured. Now 170 years after the battle, the losers are occupying the lost territory! |
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21 April 2006, 10:39 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Indianapolis, IN (USA)
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Barrett:
For All my Texans friends I just have to say it "Remember the Alamo" Lloyd...
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 Fokker Dr.I Photo Web Site At FokkerDr1.com This site is dedicated to document the pictorial history of all 320 Fokker Dr.I's built during World War I and the fighter pilot Manfred Von Richthofen also known as The "Red Baron" |
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21 April 2006, 11:13 AM
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Of course i join you to celebrate MvR as the highest WW1 ace! Honza. |
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21 April 2006, 12:31 PM
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I would also like to add my salute to that of the rest. The more I study Von Richthofen the more I feel like I knew him myself. I think that evan though the aces of WWII had higher scores then the aces of WWI, they can't really match the Red Baron. Fighter tactics changed alot, and I doubt that If you could bring back the highest german ace of WWII, to WWI he could make equel with Le diable Rouge. Thats My opinion.
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21 April 2006, 01:19 PM
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R.I.P.
 Manfred von RichthofenMany surpassed his numbers but none have yet come close to his legend. He remains the Ace of Aces in humanity's collective memory. |
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