Western Front
Rittmeister Manfred Albrecht, Baron von Richthofen, the 'Red Baron', is shot down and killed. Manfred von Richthofen was the most successful fighter pilot of the First World War and at the time of his death, he had shot down 80 Allied aircraft in air combat. Although Captain Roy Brown of No.209 Squadron is credited with the destruction of von Richthofen's Fokker Triplane, it is virtually certain that the Red Baron actually fell victim to ground fire whilst being pursued by Captain Brown.
Von Richthofen:
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The funeral of Richthofen with military honors by the 13th squadron of the Australian Air Force:
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Footage of Australian soldiers breaking apart the Red Baron’s crashed triplane:
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Kaiserschlacht: Unternehmung Georgette, known in the west as
Battles of the Lys or the
German Lys Offensive: Position at Seicheprey restored. Local fighting round Albert, Villers Brettonneux and Robecq.
Great aerial activity and much bombing on whole front.
British Casualties on Somme and in Flanders since March 21 total nearly 250,000 soldiers.
Result of 29 days' bombardment of Paris: 118 killed, 236 injured.
British war dog wearing a gas mask at the kennels near Etaples, France: © IWM (Q 29559):
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British and French soldiers sitting on an artillery gun and smiling for the camera: © IWM (Q 10926):
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Naval and Overseas Operations
Western Mediterranean: Royal Navy
ML.413 depth charges and sinks Cattaro-bound coastal-submarine
UB-71 off Ceuta.
Political, etc
France: New constitution of Versailles Council announced.
United Kingdom: The King sends message to munition workers.
Sir M. de Bunsen sent on Mission to South America.
Australia: Australian Roman Catholic Bishops protest against Government action in Ireland.
Japan: Count Ichiro Motono, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs, resigns (see 22nd, and November 21st, 1916).