Carousel 1 Diecast Model

Deutsch Luftstreitkraft (German Air Service)

FOKKER Dr.I Triplane

Jagdgeschwader 1

Somme, April 1918

Baron Manfred von Richthofen

"Red Baron"

(80 victories)

7121 - 1:48 Scale

Length: 6"

Each Fully Assembled and Painted Model features:

• Assembled Diecast Model
• Decorative Display Base
• Bracing and Control Wiring Detail
• Simulated Wood Grain Propeller
• Removable Pilot Figure
• Cockpit Detail
• Authentic gray not black tires

About this Aircraft: 

Von Richthofen is also known as "le Diable Rouge" ("Red Devil") or "Le Petit Rouge" ("Little Red") in French, and the "Red Knight" or the "Red Baron" in the English. The German translation of Red Baron is "der rote Baron", von Richthofen also is so known in Germany, although rarely referred to as "Baron" in his lifetime, but as Freiherr, the correct title for his level of nobility. Von Richthofen's 1917 autobiography is titled Der Rote Kampfflieger, the translation by J. Ellis Barker was published in 1918 as The Red Battle Flyer. It has been noted that due to the publishing date of the German original before the end of WWI, the book is certainly influenced by propaganda and censorship of the time. Von Richthofen died during the war, and while he did not have the opportunity of publishing a revised version, he was quoted as saying the book was "too insolent" and that he was "no longer that kind of person"