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For a brief moment of time, the The Fokker Dr.1 (“Dreidecker,” or triplane) was the preferred mount of Germany's top aces. Manfred Von Richthofen. the "Red Baron", scored 19 of his 80 victories in the Dr.1.
The Fokker Dr.1 (“Dreidecker,” or triplane) The Dr. 1 was slower than most of its contemporaries but it had an exceptional rate of climb and a very tight turning radius. The airframe was made out of steel tubing that was covered in aircraft doped canvas.
Manfred Von Richthofen score 19 of his last 21 victories were achieved while he was flying the Dr. I. At the age of 25, the “Red Baron” was fatally wounded on April 21, 1918, flying a Fokker Dr.1 triplane in a dog fight over the Somme River.