World War I: Red Baron Wins First Aerial Combat, September 17, 1916
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
Date: September 17, 1916
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