BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (a) Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation)

DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 206: (a) Legend, Memory and the Great War in the Air (WWI Aviation):

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1. GAL206_101011_071.JPG: The Red Baron: Legend and Reality: German ace Manfred von Richthofen's name and image are commonly associated with heroism and chivalry. The legend of the man whom the British named the "Red Baron" is one of the most durable and influential memories of World War I. This legend has become more exaggerated with each succeeding decade. By the time of his death on April 21, 1918, Manfred von Richthofen was already a legend. Many knew that he had scored 80 victories and imagined that he had shot down all his victims in the midst of dramatic dogfights. In fact, he often used stealth and surprise to make quick kills. Because he died in the cockpit of a red Fokker Dr.I triplane, it was often assumed that he had won most of his victories in this aircraft. He actually scored most of his kills in other fighters. During the war, the German government's recognition of von Richthofen's exploits established him as a national hero. His death in combat endowed him with mythic stature in the minds of his countrymen and enemies alike. In his best-selling book, The Red Knight of Germany, Floyd GIbbons portrayed Manfred von Richthofen's life as the romantic saga of a modern-day hero. Although he based the book on official sources, Gibbons interpreted the facts in a highly fictionalized manner. Many youths of the 1920s and 1930s learned about the Red Baron and the war in the air from these exaggerated accounts.
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Description of Subject Matter: Legend, Memory, and the Great War in the Air
November 13, 1991 – July 8, 2019
This gallery features the emergence of air power in World War I and reexamines the reality and the romantic image of this war.
Highlights include:
* Voisin VIII: early type of night bomber, 1915
* SPAD XIII: French fighter aircraft also used by Americans
* Fokker D.VII: considered the best German fighter aircraft of WWI
* Albatros D.Va: German fighter aircraft that flew on all fronts during WWI
* Pfalz D.XII: built to replace the outdated Albatros D.Va
* Sopwith Snipe: British aircraft considered one of the best all-around single-seat fighters, although it came quite late in the war
* German factory scene: WWI mass-production techniques, with original equipment
* A model of the Spruce Goose and several artifacts related to its construction (outside the gallery)
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