He fired at Richthofen's aircraft on two occasions: first as the Baron was heading straight at his position, and then at long range from the right.

Given the nature of Richthofen's wounds, Popkin was in a position to fire the fatal shot, when the pilot passed him for a second time, on the right.

Richthofen's behaviour after his injury was noted as consistent with brain-injured patients, and such an injury could account for his perceived lack of judgment on his final flight: flying too low over enemy territory and suffering target fixation.

There is a suggestion in Franks and Bennett's 2007 book that on the day of Richthofen's death, the prevailing wind was about 25 mph ( 40 km / h ) easterly, rather than the usual westerly.

It is also significant that while Richthofen's early victories and the establishment of his reputation coincided with a period of German air superiority, many of his successes were achieved against a numerically superior enemy, who were flying fighter aircraft that were on the whole better than his own.

The engine of Richthofen's DR. I was donated to the Imperial War Museum in London, where it is still on display.

Richthofen's force flew 450 against Modlin, securing its surrender on the 27 September after 318 tonnes of bombs been dropped on it in two days.

Originally, Richthofen's force had retained its original name, Fliegerfuhrer zbV, after Poland, but then was renamed Fliegerdivision 8 ( Flying Division 8 ) on 1 October, but days later, it was given Corps status.

Richthofen's force did not participate in the bombing of Belgrade, but were engaged in attacking Yugoslav reinforcements, concentrated on the Austrian and Hungarian borders in the north, that were streaming south to block the break through.

Ju 87 units from von Richthofen's Corps inflicted high losses on shipping, eliminating the small Greek Navy and causing damage to British shipping.

Richthofen's forces were credited with disrupting reinforcements and destroying 40 motor vehicles on 24 July alone.

In heavy combat, working with Fliegerkorps I, Richthofen's fleet flew 1, 126 sorties on 10 August, supporting the German army's advance on Narva.

Bf 110s from Richthofen's ZG 26 were directed to deal with Soviet aviation on the ground.

On 15 January 1943, 1, 140 of the 1, 715 aircraft on the Eastern Front were under Richthofen's command.

The squadron began operations on the night of 5 / 6 April 1917, when eleven FE2b aircraft attacked Douai airfield, where Manfred von Richthofen's ' Flying Circus ' was based ; Richthofen referred to this raid in his book, ' Der Rote Kampfflieger '.

Although von Richthofen's force severely over-claimed the number of ships sunk, they did succeed in forcing the Royal Navy to suspend convoys through the Channel temporarily, as well as forcing it to abandon Dover as a base.

Richthofen's forces, despite enemy air superiority, did all they could to blunt the attack.

This was still a high honor, as the 3rd Class was normally awarded to colonels and lieutenant colonels, and von Richthofen's award was one of only two of the 3rd Class with Crown and Swords during World War I.

Richthofen's War was Avalon Hill's board wargame treatment of the air war over France during World War I.

Richthofen's War was also one of the relatively few World War I wargames published.

The control column ( joystick ) of Richthofen's aircraft can be seen at the Australian War Memorial, in Canberra.

Missions in Richthofen's War included dogfighting, photo reconnaissance, strafing, bombing, and observation balloon busting, and a multi-mission campaign.

* Richthofen's War

The task was made all the more dangerous with the arrival of additional German flying squadrons, including Manfred von Richthofen's highly experienced and well equipped Jasta 11, which led to sharp increase in Royal Flying Corps casualties.

The commanding officer of No. 3 Squadron AFC, Major David Blake, initially suggested that Richthofen had been killed by the crew of one of his squadron's R. E. 8s, which had also fought Richthofen's unit that afternoon.

In this context, it is universally accepted that Richthofen's judgement during his last combat was uncharacteristically unsound in several respects.

At the time of Richthofen's death the front was in a highly fluid state, following the initial success of the German offensive of March – April 1918.

In common with most Allied air officers, Major Blake, who was responsible for Richthofen's remains, regarded the Red Baron with great respect, and he organised a full military funeral, to be conducted by the personnel of No. 3 Squadron AFC.

In 1925, Manfred von Richthofen's youngest brother, Bolko, recovered the body from Fricourt and took the Red Baron home to Germany.

A study conducted by British historian Norman Franks with two colleagues, published in Under the Guns of the Red Baron in 1998, reached the same conclusion about the high degree of accuracy of Richthofen's claimed victories.

Under the Guns of the Red Baron: Complete Record of Von Richthofen's Victories and Victims.

* An English translation of the account of Bolko v. Richthofen's journey to retrieve Manfred's body

It gained much notoriety for its use at both Dunkirk and later Stalingrad, where it caused enormous destruction under Field Marshal Wolfram von Richthofen's VIII Air Corps.

Also, among the latter a large percentage soon acquire the prevalent Southern attitude on most social problems.

The double editorial on Two Aspects Of `` The U.S. Spirit '' was subtly calculated to suggest a moral sanction for gambles great as well as small, reflecting popular approval of this questionable attitude toward the highest office in the land.

Again, Henley's attitude of defiance which colors his ideal of self-mastery is far from characteristic of a Stoic thinker like Marcus Aurelius, whose gentle acquiescence is almost Christian, comparable to the patience expressed in Milton's sonnet on his own blindness.

Barco, his state of apprehension gone, never to return, had assumed a matter-of-factness which remained his principal attitude from that time on.

but unfortunately the rabbit, on no grounds at all, took up toward this neutral object an attitude of disapproval and that made it for the first time, and in the only intelligible sense, bad.

If this attitude is seriously questioned in the Soviet Union, it does not necessarily follow that the majority of the society in which I live is too aware of the necessity for clarity on this ethical as well as aesthetic point of view.

By the time her hindquarters were in a standin' position, her knees were on the ground in a prayin' attitude.

Pausanias, the second king of Sparta ( see Spartan Constitution for more information on Sparta's dual monarchy ), was supposed to provide Lysander with reinforcements as they marched into Boeotia, yet failed to arrive in time to assist Lysander, likely because Pausanias disliked him for his brash and arrogant attitude towards the Spartan royalty and government.

Two aspects of this attitude deserve to be mentioned: 1 ) he did not only study science from books, as other academics did in his day, but actually observed and experimented with nature ( the rumours starting by those who did not understand this are probably at the source of Albert's supposed connections with alchemy and witchcraft ), 2 ) he took from Aristotle the view that scientific method had to be appropriate to the objects of the scientific discipline at hand ( in discussions with Roger Bacon, who, like many 20th century academics, thought that all science should be based on mathematics ).

It is a striking fact that Ammianus, though a professional soldier, gives excellent pictures of social and economic problems, and in his attitude to the non-Roman peoples of the empire he is far more broad-minded than writers like Livy and Tacitus ; his digressions on the various countries he had visited are particularly interesting.

Steiner's stated prerequisites to beginning on a spiritual path include a willingness to take up serious cognitive studies, a respect for factual evidence, and a responsible attitude.

However, there are also many modern historians who object to this view and point out that such a hostile attitude towards Athanasius is based on an unfair judgment of historical sources.

According to David Robinson, unlike in more conventional slapstick comedies, the comic moments in Chaplin's films centred on the Tramp's attitude to the things happening to him: the humour did not come from the Tramp bumping into a tree but from his lifting of his hat to the tree in apology.

This second attitude of communication, referred to as the constitutive model or constructionist view, focuses on how an individual communicates as the determining factor of the way the message will be interpreted.

Down on his luck but maintains a positive attitude.

According to Rewald, Pissarro had taken on an attitude more simple and natural than the other artists.

However, its impact on the market is yet to be measured, as is consumer attitude toward watching TV programs on personal computer instead of television sets.

A recurring theme on the show WKRP in Cincinnati was a hostile attitude towards disco music.

However, it would soon come around to a more moderate standpoint and while preserving a hard-line attitude to armed struggle, the party began theorizing on various compromise solutions.

# an attitude control thruster ( a small engine for controlling the spacecraft's orientation ) stuck in the " off " position, which Remote Agent detected and compensated for by switching to a mode that did not rely on that thruster.

Later, while explaining his developing " Grecian style " for paintings such as The Intervention of the Sabine Women, David further commented on a shift in attitude: " In all human activity the violent and transitory develops first ; repose and profundity appear last.

Thomas began to visit franchises and espouse his hardworking, so-called “ mop-bucket attitude .” In 1989, he took on a significant role as the TV spokesman in a series of commercials for the brand.

The Roman Catholic Church does not consider the validity of an ecumenical council's teaching to be in any way dependent on where it is held or on the granting or withholding of prior authorization or legal status by any state, in line with the attitude of the 5th-century bishops who " saw the definition of the church's faith and canons as supremely their affair, with or without the leave of the Emperor " and who " needed no one to remind them that Synodical process pre-dated the Christianisation of the royal court by several centuries ".