Manfred von Richthofen

1892–1918

Manfred von Richthofen was the German fighter pilot known as the Red Baron. He became the highest-scoring ace of the First World War and commanded a mobile fighter formation before being killed in 1918.

In Jeff Shaara’s To the Last Man, the narrative begins in the air war over France, where Manfred von Richthofen and pilots of the Lafayette Escadrille fight in machines whose speed and armament are changing rapidly. In Griff Hosker’s 1917 Eagles Fall, 41 Squadron become the one hope on the Arras front and Bill, Gordy and Ted have to fight for their lives against the new Albatros and Baron Manfred Von Richthofen. Other novels featuring Manfred von Richthofen include Griff Hosker’s 1914, Griff Hosker’s 1915 Fokker Scourge, Griff Hosker’s 1916 Angels Over the Somme, Griff Hosker’s 1918, and Griff Hosker’s From Arctic Snow to Desert Sand.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Manfred von Richthofen

Western Front 1914–1918 CE World War I 1914–1918 CE

Series

Series featuring Manfred von Richthofen (2 series)

British Ace in Order

by Griff Hosker 7 books 4.5

British Ace follows William Harsker from the opening months of the First World War into the rapidly changing world of aerial combat. The series moves from improvised reconnaissance and early fighter warfare through the Somme, Bloody April and the final year of the war, then carries Harsker into…

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1914

4.4

1915 Fokker Scourge

4.5

1916 Angels Over the Somme

4.5

1917 Eagles Fall

4.5

1918

4.5

From Arctic Snow to Desert Sand

4.4

Wings Over Persia

4.4

Martin Falconer Thrillers in Order

by Max Hennessy 5 books 4.3

The Martin Falconer Thrillers follow a young British aviator from the first experimental years of aerial combat through the political violence that followed the First World War. Falconer flies over the Western Front, returns to battle during the Russian Civil War and ends the sequence amid revolutionary fighting…

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