Der König der Lüfte-"Lebe mit Brüdern, kämpfe mit Brüdern, sterbe mit Brüdern."


Ace Lothar Siegfried von Richthofen, Nicknamed "The Blue Baron" was a German First World War fighter ace credited with 40 victories. He was a younger brother of top-scoring ace Manfred von Richthofen, The Red Baron. After learning his brother was shot down, Lothar defected to the Allies and spent the rest of the war in a POW camp. After the war Lothar gained United States citizenship and joined the US Navy as a Captain where we was immediately taught how to fly the F4U Corsair, the plane of his choice. When World War 2 started Lothar's first assignment was teaching the British how to use his plane. After Pearl Harbor Lothar spent the rest of the war fighting the Japaneses, although he was sent to D-Day because of his exceptional air to ground skills. After World War 2 Loathar became a test pilot and flew America's first jet. During Korea Lothar again found himself flying his beloved F4U Corsair. Lothar did not participate much in Vietnam as he was assigned to creating a new Air Combat Maneuvers class called, "Top Gun" where he was the first instructor. After the Corsair was retired Lothar bought his old World War 2 service plane, a F4U-1D Corsair, so he now maintains it, but he also started flying the F-14 Tomcat with great success. Eventually when the Tomcat retired Lothar again bought his service tomcat which is an F-14D Tomcat. Now owning his tomcat and paying all the expenses for it the Navy allowed him to continue flying it in combat. Curiously after all his service Lothar is till a Captain in the Navy. To this day, he has racked up 222 victories and 222 kills and is still roaming the skies in his F-14D Tomcat. You can sometimes spot him flying his Corsair.