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August 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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‘The Red Baron’ art exhibit coming to Topeka’s Combat Air Museum
TOPEKA (KSNT) – The Combat Air Museum is set to host the premier of 80 paintings tied to a famous WWI German ace pilot next month. The museum announced on July 28 in a press release that it will show ...
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August 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Richthofen’s 49th

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July 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Richthofen’s 48th
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June 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Richthofen's 47th
June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Richthofen's 47th Victory
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June 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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May 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Richthofen's 46th.

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April 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Richthofen downs his 45th.

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April 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Richthofen's 44th

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March 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Tuskegee Airmen:

Capt. Wendell Pruitt (73) and Lt. Lee Archer (72), in action on October 12, 1944, over Lake Balaton in Southern Hungary. Archer shot down three enemy fighters in 10 minutes.

Remember their legacy, which is now being eradicated.

Tom La Padula 2019
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January 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Richthofen's 42nd

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January 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Richthofen's 41st The weather was fine but cloudy on April 13, a historic day for Manfred von Richthofen, somewhere between Vitry and Brebieres over the German lines. The Baron downed an RE.8, No. A3190, piloted by James M. Stuart and his Observer Maurice H. Wood. The German airman attacked the British formation with six planes of his Staffel. The plane that MvR put his sights on fell after a short fight. "On touching the ground, the occupants and machine burned to ashes." The two British airmen burned on the electrical wires On April 13, 1917. At 10 in the morning at the canal between Brebierse and Vitry." Neither body of the British Airmen was recovered, and both Stuart and Hood's names are engraved on the Memorial to the Missing.  The RE 8 was a slow but steady observation plane built by the Royal Aircraft Factory. It was powered by a 4a, 12-cylinder, air-cooled, inline V, 150 hp, eventually moving the plane at 103 mph. It was armed but extraordinarily vulnerable and lacked a fighter's maneuverability. 20" x 16". oil on masonite www.tomlapadula-aviationart.com real_tom.lapadula_aviation_art #baronvonrichthofen #theredbaron #manfredvonrichthofen #wwl #militaryaviation #aviationart #biplane #theaviationart #theaviationartofficial #paintings #artwork #aviation #albatrosd.III #rittmeister #RE8 #royalaircraftfactory
December 28, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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Richthofen's 39th and 40th Victories!
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December 6, 2024 at 9:28 PM