'Red Baron' death certificate turns up in Poland  The death
certificate of Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the legendary First
World War German flying ace better known as 'Red Baron', has
been discovered in Poland.  Ninety-one years after Von
Richthofen died after being shot down near the River Somme in
France Maciej Kowalczyk, a genealogist, found the document in
archives belonging to the western Polish town of Ostrow
Wielkopolski.  Mr Kowalczyk explained that the town, which in
1918 was part of Germany, issued the death notice in accordance
to German law.  The discovery of the death certificate in Poland
will strengthen the unusual but growing ties between the country
and the German war hero.  Swidnica, the site of the Von
Richthofen family seat, boasts memorials to the fighter ace, and
local officials now tout the town's Red Baron connection as
reason to visit, and even a local sports club has adopted his
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