VAUX-SUR-SOMME — New evidence has led historians to suggest that Manfred von Richthofen — known as the "Red Baron" — briefly entertained the hope of someday having a line of frozen pizzas named after him as he was shot down in a World War I dogfight.

According to contemporary accounts, the infamous Red Baron was shot down over the River Somme when a single bullet struck his plane and passed through his chest. Before succumbing to his wounds, he safely landed his plane in a nearby field while hoping against hope that someone would both invent frozen pizzas and subsequently name them after him.

After landing, he was approached by nearby Australian troops who attended to him. Historians previously thought his final words, if he had any, were lost to time until the discovery of an Australian

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