Posted on Apr 21, 2018
Rise of Flight "The Death of the Red Baron"
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SGT John " Mac " McConnell good read/share for all. Well received and much appreciated.
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TSgt Joe C. SFC William Farrell PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SGT Philip Roncari SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SP5 Michael Rathbun CW5 Jack Cardwell]] COL Mikel J. Burroughs ] CPL Dave Hoover A1C Ian Williams SFC Shirley Whitfield SPC Jovani Daviu SGT (Join to see) LTC Stephen F. SGT Jim Arnold
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Great article on the Red Baron, SGT John " Mac " McConnell. Manfred von Richthofen was indeed a baron, but notice “Freiherr” in his name. He was a different type of baron. Here’s a quick definition, but the article in the attached link gives much more detail:
“The title Freiherr derives from the historical situation in which an owner held free (allodial) title to his land, as opposed ‘unmittelbar’ (‘unintermediated’), or held without any intermediate feudal tenure; or unlike the ordinary baron, who was originally a knight (Ritter) in vassalage to a higher lord or sovereign, and unlike medieval German ministerials, who were bound to provide administrative services for a lord.” LTC Stephen F. SCPO Morris Ramsey SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Sgt Randy Wilber SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SFC George Sease Maj William W. 'Bill' Price COL Mikel J. Burroughs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiherr
“The title Freiherr derives from the historical situation in which an owner held free (allodial) title to his land, as opposed ‘unmittelbar’ (‘unintermediated’), or held without any intermediate feudal tenure; or unlike the ordinary baron, who was originally a knight (Ritter) in vassalage to a higher lord or sovereign, and unlike medieval German ministerials, who were bound to provide administrative services for a lord.” LTC Stephen F. SCPO Morris Ramsey SCPO Morris Ramsey SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL Sgt Randy Wilber SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SFC George Sease Maj William W. 'Bill' Price COL Mikel J. Burroughs
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiherr
Freiherr ([ˈfʀaɪˌhɛʁ]; male, abbreviated as Frhr.), Freifrau ([ˈfʀaɪˌfʀaʊ]; his wife, abbreviated as Frfr., literally "free lord" or "free lady")[1] and Freiin ([ˈfʀaɪɪn]; his unmarried daughters and maiden aunts) are designations used as titles of nobility in the German-speaking areas of the Holy Roman Empire, and in its various successor states, including Austria, Prussia, Bavaria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, etc. Traditionally it denotes the...
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LTC Stephen C.
SGT John " Mac " McConnell, the only reason I know this at all was that I met a USAR LTC while on a USAR trip to the FRG (mid-eighties timeframe). He had met and married a German baroness and became a Freiherr (by marriage, course)!
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