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=The 'Flying Circus"=

 One pilot that made the Fokker Dr 1 very successful was 'Richoften, Manfred Albrecht, Rittmeister Freiherr von' or commonly known as the 'Red Baron'. He had 80 confirmed victories, which made him the most successful pilot in World War 1. He was also the leader of the Flying Circus or Jasta 11, (a squadron during World War One that shot down more than 300 allied planes). The Red Baron said the Fokker Dr 1 "Climbed like a monkey and manoeuvred like the devil. ||
 * [[image:http://www.diggerhistory.info/images/aircraft-ww1/red-triplane.jpg width="430" height="298"]] || He was killed in his Fokker Dr 1 whilst chasing a novice pilot fairly low to the ground. The fatal single shot in the heart, from below, was fired by Australian machine gunners or by other ground troops.