A New York artist painted each of the Red Baron's 80 aerial kills

A New York artist painted each of the Red Baron's 80 aerial kills

The Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas has a new collection: 80 painstakingly accurate World War I paintings that tell the history behind the real-life aerial kills credited to the famed German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen—the Red Baron. The paintings are the creation of New York artist Thomas La Padula, who donated the collection.Also Read: How machine guns on World War I biplanes never hit the propeller Manfred von Richthofen is known f…