The War Zone: The Red Baron DVD

The Legend of Manfre Von Richtofen

In the skies high above the trenches of the Great War the legend of the Red Baron was born. With manned flight still in its infancy there were no rules or fool proof tactics in aerial warfare - battles in the sky were like duels between gladiators. Who was Baron Manfred von Richthofen? Why was he the most feared German fighter ace and what were the circumstances of his death? This programme tells the extraordinary story of his short but dramatic career from the glory days of his kills in the exposed cockpit of his fragile bi-plane to the legend that has survived him to this day.