Manfred von Richtofen was a child of the lesser nobility, with the typical Junkers social attitudes. He found it a 'game' at first, but became a deadly serious hunter once a friend or two were shot down, and he realized he could be killed. He utilized Boelcke's Dicta very well, at a time when Germany had technical superiority. In the end, he was a casualty of 'combat exposure,' where a pilot is burned out to begin with and has spent too many hours in combat. At some point the odds run out. All that is in Heaven Is Too Far Away, a WW I memoir and historical satire.