Originally Posted by
Ernie P.
Al; it almost sounds as though you are describing Richthofen, although I somehow doubt the answer is quite that simple. Richthofen was born in Prussia (now part of Poland) and is probably the highest scoring Albatros pilot (somewhere around 50; less than the normally ascribed 60, because he occasionally flew the Pfaltz). Thanks; Ernie P.
Yeah, but Richthofen's name is "familiar in [our] mouth[s] as household words." This pilot's name isn't, though a quick check shows that he has Wikipedia pages in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Polish, and Croatian, so
somebody knows about him.