I was interested to see that Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen was the younger brother of the famed German Ace ..... Lothar was no slouch either ..... accruing some 40 kills of his own ! I found this ....... Name - Lothar Freiherr von Richthofen Country - Germany Rank - Oberleutnant Units - Jasta 1,1KG 4 Victories - 40 Date Of Birth - September 27, 1894 Place of Birth - Breslau Date Of Death - July 4, 1922 Place of Death - Fuhlsbuettel When the war began, Lothar von Richthofen was an officer in the cavalry. Following his brother Manfred von Richthofen's example, he transferred to the German Air Service in 1915 and was assigned to Jasta 11 on March 6, 1917. Under the watchful eye of his older brother, Lothar scored 24 victories in 47 days and was credited with shooting down English aceAlbert Ball on May 7, 1917. On May 13, 1917, Lothar was badly wounded in a dogfight with a B.E.2e but recovered and assumed command of Jasta 11 on September 24, 1917. Wounded again on March 13, 1918, he crash landed his Fokker DR.I after being shot down by Australian ace Geoffrey Hughes. The following month, he was still in a hospital bed when he learned of his brother's death. In the summer of 1918, Lothar returned to duty and achieved ten more victories by the end of the war. Scoring his final victory on August 12, 1918, he shot down a Sopwith Camel flown by English ace John Summers. The following day, Lothar was seriously wounded for the third time when his Fokker D.VII was shot down over the Somme by another Sopwith Camel. http://www.wwiaviation.com/aces/ace_Lothar_von_Richthofen.shtml And heres another ....... RICHTHOFEN, Lothar Freiherr von. (1894-1922) Oberleutnant. Victories = 40. Highest award = Pour le Merité (May 1917). Younger brother of the Red Baron, Lothar transferred to the Imperial German Army Air Force from the 4th Dragoon Cavalry Regiment in late 1915. He became an aerial observer with KG 4 in January 1916, gaining his pilot's certificate later that year. Graduated as a fighter pilot in March 1917 and was posted to his brother Manfred's unit Jasta 11. First confirmed victory was a RAF FE 2b on 28th March 1917. Claimed, on 7th May 1917, as his 20th victim, British ace Captain Albert Ball, VC but there is little corroborative evidence to support this claim. Wounded in combat in May 1917, he recovered and took over Jasta 11 in September 1917. Flying again by November 1917, he was severely wounded once more in March 1918, and whilst hospitalised received his commission to Leutnant. During August 1918 and shot down his final victory - a Sopwith Camel - on the 12th August 1918. But was again hospitalised and was out of action until the Armistice and thus survived the Great War. He was killed in a flying accident in July 1922 aged 27. http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-at-sea-in-air/the-aces/787-richthofen-lothar.html
