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==Orders and decorations, tributes, and relics== {{More citations needed section|date=April 2018}}<!--most entries are not cited--> [[File:RoteBaron.JPG|thumb|right|Replica of Richthofen's [[Fokker Dr.I]] [[triplane]], at the [[Berlin Air Show]] in 2006]] [[File:Richthofen-pomnik3.JPG|thumb|Memorial in Polish at Richthofen's former home in [[Świdnica]] (formerly Schweidnitz)]] [[File:Iwm110.jpg|thumb|Engine of Richthofen's Fokker DR.I]] === Orders and decorations === In order of date awarded ==== German Empire / German Federal States ==== * [[Prussian Military Pilot Badge]] * Honour Goblet for the Winner in Air Combat * [[Iron Cross]], 1st Class (10 April 1916), 2nd Class (23 September 1914) * Duke Carl Eduard Medal with Sword Clasp (9 November 1916) * Knight's Cross of the Royal [[House Order of Hohenzollern]] with Swords (11 November 1916) * [[Pour le Mérite]] (12 January 1917) * Knight's Cross of the [[Military Order of St. Henry]] (16 April 1917) * [[Order of the Red Eagle]], 3rd Class with Crown and Swords (2 April 1918) * Knight's Cross of the [[Saxe-Ernestine House Order]], 1st Class with Crown and Swords * [[Military Merit Order (Bavaria)]] 4th Class with Swords * Knight's Cross of the Württemberg Military Merit Order * Hessian Bravery Medal * Cross for Faithful Service * Lippe War Merit Cross, 2nd Class * Cross of War of Honour for a Heroic Deed * [[War Merit Cross (Brunswick)|Brunswick War Merit Cross]], 2nd Class * [[Wound Badge]], 3rd Class (1918) * [[Hanseatic Cross]]es of the Three Hanseatic Cities of [[Bremen]], [[Hamburg]], and [[Lübeck]] ==== Austro-Hungarian Empire ==== * [[Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)|Order of the Iron Crown]], 3rd Class * [[Military Merit Cross (Austria-Hungary)|Austro-Hungarian Military Merit Cross]], 3rd Class with War Decorations * Field Pilot Badge ==== Ottoman Empire ==== * [[Gallipoli Star|Iron Crescent]] * [[Imtiyaz Medal|Silver Imtiyaz Medal]] * [[Liakat Medal|Silver Liakat Medal]] ==== Kingdom of Bulgaria ==== * Military Order for Bravery, 4th Class (12 June 1917) ===Tributes=== At various times, several different German military aviation ''[[Geschwader]]'' (literally "squadrons"; equivalent to Commonwealth air force "groups", French ''escadrons'' or USAF "wings") have been named after the Baron: * [[Jagdgeschwader 132|''Jagdgeschwader 132 "Richthofen"'']] (1 April 1936 – 1 November 1938)—''[[Wehrmacht]]'' aviation unit * [[Jagdgeschwader 131|''Jagdgeschwader 131 "Richthofen"'']] (1 November 1938 – 1 May 1939)—''[[Luftwaffe]]'' * [[Jagdgeschwader 2|''Jagdgeschwader 2 "Richthofen"'']] (1 May 1939 – 7 May 1945)—''Luftwaffe'' * [[Taktisches Luftwaffengeschwader 71 "Richthofen"|''Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen"'']] (from 6 June 1959)—the first jet-fighter unit established by the post-World War II German ''[[Bundeswehr]]'' ("federal defence force"); its founding commander was the most successful air ace in history, [[Erich Hartmann]]. In 1941 a newly launched ''[[Kriegsmarine]]'' (German navy) [[seaplane tender]] received the name {{ill|''Richthofen''|de|Richthofen (Schiff)}}. In 1968 Richthofen was inducted into the [[International Air & Space Hall of Fame]].<ref>Sprekelmeyer, Linda, editor. ''These We Honor: The International Aerospace Hall of Fame''. Donning Co. Publishers, 2006. {{ISBN|978-1-57864-397-4}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Manfred von Richthofen |url=https://sandiegoairandspace.org/hall-of-fame/honoree/baron-von-richthofen |website=San Diego Air and Space Museum |access-date=21 April 2021}}</ref> "[[Exercise Red Flag#Origin|Red Flag]]", the US Air Force's large scale training exercise held multiple times a year, was an outgrowth of [[Ault Report#Project Red Baron|Project Red Baron]], which happened in three phases ({{circa | 1966}} to {{circa | 1974}}) during the period of the [[Vietnam War]]. [[Red Baron Airport Airpark]] in [[Oasis, Idaho]] is named after him. ===Relics=== Captain [[Roy Brown (RAF officer)|Roy Brown]] donated the seat of the Fokker triplane in which the German flying ace made his final flight to the [[Royal Canadian Military Institute]] (RCMI) in 1920.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toronto Feature: Royal Military Institute|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/toronto-feature-royal-military-institute|access-date=1 September 2019|website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]}}</ref> Apart from the triplane's seat, the RCMI, in Toronto, also holds a side panel signed by the pilots of Brown's squadron. The engine of Richthofen's Dr.I was donated to the [[Imperial War Museum]] in London, where it is still on display. The museum also holds the Baron's machine guns. The [[control column]] (joystick) of Richthofen's aircraft and his woolen flying boots can be seen at the [[Australian War Memorial]] in Canberra. The [[Australian National Aviation Museum]] has what is suspected to be the fuel tank of Richthofen's Dr.I, however there is no conclusive proof.
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