This was Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen’s age when he scored his first confirmed aerial kill.
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24. Born May 2, 1892, he shot down a British FE-2 on Sept. 17, 1916, to receive his first credited kill. Earlier, as an observer and rear gunner, he downed a Farman but it made it behind its own lines and so the kill couldn’t be confirmed. On Apr. 26, 1916, he bested a French Nieuport but it also landed where his victory could not be confirmed.