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He entered training as a pilot in October 1915. In March 1916, he joined ''Kampfgeschwader 2'' ("No. 2 Bomber ''[[Geschwader]]''") flying a two-seater [[Albatros C.III]]. Over [[Verdun]] on 26 April 1916, he fired on a French [[Nieuport]], downing it over [[Fort Douaumont]], though once again he received no official credit. By now, he was flying a [[Fokker Eindecker]] single-seater fighter.
After another spell flying two-seaters on HI the Eastern Front, he met ace [[fighter pilot]] [[Oswald Boelcke]] in August 1916. Boelcke, visiting the east in search of candidates for his newly-formed fighter unit, selected Richthofen to join ''[[Jasta|Jagdstaffel]] 2'' ("fighter squadron"). Richthofen won his first aerial combat with [[Jasta 2]] over [[Cambrai]], France, on 17 September 1916.
[[Image:RoteBaron.JPG|thumb|left|A replica of Manfred von Richthofen's red [[Fokker Dr.I]] [[triplane]].]]
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