Richthofen

[ rikht-hoh-fuhn ]

noun

1. Baron Man·fred von [mahn, -f, r, eytf, uh, n], Red BaronorRed Knight, 1892–1918, German aviator.

Richthofen

/ ˈrɪçthoːfən /

noun

1. RichthofenManfred von, Baron18921918MGermanMILITARY: fighter pilot Baron Manfred von (ˈmanfreːt fɔn), nickname the Red Baron . 1892–1918, German aviator; commander during World War I of the 11th Chasing Squadron ( Richthofen's Flying Circus ). He was credited with 80 air victories before he was shot down

Example Sentences

Corman’s success prompted offers from major studios, and he directed “The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre” and “Von Richthofen and Brown” on normal budgets.

From Seattle Times

The war’s highest-scoring ace was a German, Baron Manfred von Richthofen.

From Literature

The sequence that perhaps best encapsulates this quality though is Snoopy as the World War I Flying Ace, and his battle with the Red Baron, aka, Manfred von Richthofen, a German fighter pilot and aristocrat who downed 80 Allied planes between 1916 and 1918.

From Salon

Since April, the RAF's IX Squadron of Typhoon fighter jets has taken over the mission lead from Germany's historically-named Richthofen Squadron.

From BBC

In Wilson’s view, the prosecution of “The Rainbow” had less to do with the book’s sexual frankness — despite the obscenity charge — than with its author’s being an antiwar activist married to a German aristocrat who, as it happened, was a cousin of Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious fighter pilot also known as the “Red Baron.”

From Washington Post