Richthofen
FERDINAND BARON VON, a German geographer; born in Karlsruhe, was educated at Breslau and Berlin unine, Silesia, May 5, 1833; versities, and at the Geological Institute panied a Prussian expedition to eastern Asia. The next 12 years he spent in traveling through Java, Siam, Burma, in his life he acquired a wide reputation California, Sierra Nevada, and China and Japan pan (1868-1872). He was appointed championships at national and internaas an automobile racer, winning many president of the Berlin Geographical So- On the entrance of championships at national and interna- EDWARD VERNON RICKENBACKER So- tional meetings.
RICINUS America in the World War, he accompanied General Pershing to France as a member of the Motor Car Staff, and in August, 1917, was transferred at his own request to the Air Service. He became commanding officer of the 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron, the first American aero unit to participate actively ly on the western front. As a member of this unit he was credited with 26 victories. At the end of the war he retired with the rank of major, having received the Distinguished Service Cross with 9 palms, the Legion of Honor, and the Croix de Guerre. He wrote "Fighting the Flying Circus" (1919).