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348-Who Killed the Red Baron?

Futility Closet by Greg Ross

Jun 28, 202132:59Society & Culture

In 1918, German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen chased an inexperienced Canadian pilot out of a dogfight and up the Somme valley. It would be the last chase of his life. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet po...

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