von Richthofen killed on April 21, 1918

[RCS]

Just 100 years ago today Manfred von Richthofen was killed in his Dr1 triplanedscn1255.jpg

[S.A. Boggs]

Bill Lambert, American Ace who flew in the RAF, lived in my hometown. On his wall in a sealed case was cloth that came from the plane. Bill looked for the Baron each and every day to avoid getting shot down. Bill was a remarkable man, drove a Mustang II about town, in the rear window was a small wooden sign with S.E.V on it.
Sam

[Allen]

Red Baron

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[snakehunter]

Red Baron

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I love that picture of the A-10 in the Red Baron's colors

[Allen]

Bill Lambert, American Ace who flew in the RAF, lived in my hometown. On his wall in a sealed case was cloth that came from the plane. Bill looked for the Baron each and every day to avoid getting shot down. Bill was a remarkable man, drove a Mustang II about town, in the rear window was a small wooden sign with S.E.V on it.
Sam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Carpenter_Lambert

I see Eddie Rickenbacker was from Ohio too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Rickenbacker

[JB White]

....drove a Mustang II about town, in the rear window was a small wooden sign with S.E.V on it.
Sam

I'm unfamiliar with SEV. Please explain?

[S.A. Boggs]

I'm unfamiliar with SEV. Please explain?

S.E. were the first two initials, the V was Latin for 5. Being in the RAF Bill flew British aircraft, during WWII Bill was in Dayton.
Sam

[JB White]

Oh..SE 5! Familiar with the airplane. Water cooled engine. Gun atop the wing... I obviously missed the connection. Thank you

BTW, he flew for the RFC back then, not the RAF Had to have been well into his 90's when driving that Mustang II. I bought one at the end of 1974 and that was the first year they were out. I only got 65K out of that car and it was on it's third camshaft and 4th timing belt.

[S.A. Boggs]

Oh..SE 5! Familiar with the airplane. Water cooled engine. Gun atop the wing... I obviously missed the connection. Thank you

BTW, he flew for the RFC back then, not the RAF Had to have been well into his 90's when driving that Mustang II. I bought one at the end of 1974 and that was the first year they were out. I only got 65K out of that car and it was on it's third camshaft and 4th timing belt.

You are right, Bill could be seen going to the post office in his Mustang with his pipe and holder. Wish I had got him to sign his book, he also was somewhat of a free hand artist. The other Bill from my AO was Bill Large, the barrel maker of fame. Bill made all the muzzle loaders for the movie Sgt. York and with Red Farris was a founding member of the NMLRA @ Portsmouth, Ohio back in the 1930's. My Dad and Bill Large had both been in the Guard in the early days and I shot a great deal at Larges range.
Sam

[Vern Humphrey]

Interesting facts about Von Richthoven:

His father was an absentee ranch owner, and wrote a book about making money ranching in Wyoming.

His successor was Hermann Goering.

[JB White]

Another interesting bit of trivia. His brother Lothar also flew with their 'Flying Circus' and was an accomplished pilot himself. Killed postwar while flying for Lufthansa.

[Allen]

Had to have been well into his 90's when driving that Mustang II. I bought one at the end of 1974 and that was the first year they were out. I only got 65K out of that car and it was on it's third camshaft and 4th timing belt.

Those little cars looked nice for the times but they were basically Pinto's. Sounds like yours had the 2.3 Pinto engine since it had a timing belt. A dark era for Ford.

[JB White]

Those little cars looked nice for the times but they were basically Pinto's. Sounds like yours had the 2.3 Pinto engine since it had a timing belt. A dark era for Ford.

Yes. the 2.3 was the most common and the 2.8 v6 was optional. That one didn't fare well in cold climates either. One little backfire on a cold start and the nylon teeth would come off the timing gears. There was no room for a 302 on the '74 model year. They changed the header and moved the core support forward in '75. Not that any of that mattered. I was young and wanted a 'new' car. So I bought a year-end demo with some mileage for a whopping $2,800 OTD.
That was only the beginning for their dark ages. Ford had better ideas but they didn't work.