roughbarked said:

Bubblecar said:

Michael V said:

Also, he was shot down in France, and buried in Germany, so it is unlikely the RAF (which had been formed just 20 days earlier) buried him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen

He was buried by the Australian Flying Corps.

Yes.

So, the army shot him down, the ‘air force’ buried him, and the navy wasn’t invited.