Richthofen

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1512
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Richthofen
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Von Richthofen, Baron Manfred
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron," shot down more planes than any other aviator in World War I. Young Bayard tells his grandfather and great-great-aunt that the German pilot who shot down Johnny was a "pupil of Richthofen's" (43).