WW1 Red Baron's relatives meet Welsh victim's family

The family of a World War One airman who was one of the first to die in battle with Germany's Red Baron pilot has met his relatives 100 years on.

The Red Baron - Manfred von Richthofen - went on to have 80 aerial combat victories credited to him before he was killed in 1918.

Capt Tom Rees, from Brecon, had joined the Welsh Fusiliers and put his name forward for the Royal Flying Corps.

He died aged 21 on 17 September 1916 with pilot Lionel Morris from Croydon.

Matthew Richard reports.

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