I really like the pictures of the WW1 pilots they are very nobel almost royalty it seems like.
Best Ace of WW1
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FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
They are royalty in my mind
Just about. What I think is wiered about it though is the fact that WW1 aviation was still like the chivelrous days of the Nights on Horse Back. It really is a glorious time.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
When I was kid this WW1 ace who lived in my community used to come to my elementary school, his name was George Vaughn. Listening to him speak really got my interest in aviation. He was a 13 kill ace!
13 kills in WW1 was quite a showing. Must have been great to talk to one of them.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
It was - I remember all of my classmates asking him if he fought the Red Baron. I believe he participated in the same airbattle that killed the Red Baron.
That is a very intresting and controversial battle. I truely believe it was the Canadian gunners on the ground that got him. Either way I saw some pictures of his funural and there were even allied pilots attending it. Shows what kind of respect he recieved.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
DerAdlerIstGelandet said:
Oh, I agree all the way! I don't remeber the name of the author, but one of the first books written about the Red Baron actually being killed by groundfire was dimissed as rubbish and the author heavily ridiculed. He described the gunshot wound, the trajectory, the fact that ground forces shat at the Red Baron, the delay in him crashing, all adding up to the truth.
Now if those darned Aussies didn't strip his aiplane apart...........
True I think it is one of the great Aviation mysteries that will never be confirmed but I am with the Canadians! Go Canada!
cheddar cheese
Major General
I thought he was shot by Captain Flashheart in Blackadder Goes Forth?
Never seen the series.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Sorry Adler, gotta go with the Aussies even though they destroyed the airplane!
No its okay I think it is a toss up since it will never be proven who actually got him. I just honestly think it was the canadian gunners on the ground.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Well I think its clear to say it wasn't Roy Brown or Snoopy!
Snoopy vs The Red Baron
Achtung, jetz wir ssingen ssusammen die Geschichte over den schweinkopfigen Hund und dem lieben Red Baron ...
After the turn of the century
In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder man had never heard
Like the screaming sound of a big war bird
Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried, and eighty men died
Now they're buried together in the countryside
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was running up the score
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-looking dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down; "Curses, foiled again!"
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was running up the score
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
Now Snoopy swore he'd get that man
So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan
He challenged the German to a real dogfight
While the Baron was laughing, he got him in his sight
The Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He tried everything but he'd run out of tricks
Snoopy fired once and he fired twice
And the Bloody Red Baron went spinning out of sight
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was running up the score
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
Achtung, jetz wir ssingen ssusammen die Geschichte over den schweinkopfigen Hund und dem lieben Red Baron ...
After the turn of the century
In the clear blue skies over Germany
Came a roar and a thunder man had never heard
Like the screaming sound of a big war bird
Up in the sky, a man in a plane
Baron von Richthofen was his name
Eighty men tried, and eighty men died
Now they're buried together in the countryside
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was running up the score
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-looking dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down; "Curses, foiled again!"
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was running up the score
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
Now Snoopy swore he'd get that man
So he asked the Great Pumpkin for a new battle plan
He challenged the German to a real dogfight
While the Baron was laughing, he got him in his sight
The Bloody Red Baron was in a fix
He tried everything but he'd run out of tricks
Snoopy fired once and he fired twice
And the Bloody Red Baron went spinning out of sight
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was running up the score
Eighty men died trying to end that spree
Of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
LOVE THE SONG!
Hell Yeah I have it on originall Vynel.
FLYBOYJ
"THE GREAT GAZOO"
Hold on to that one -
I want to put together a CD of corney flying songs - that one is on the top of the list!
I want to put together a CD of corney flying songs - that one is on the top of the list!
Oh I will never get rid of it.
jrk
Airman 1st Class
roy brown was tailing manfred after manfred latched onto the tail of a young naive canadian pilot,i did have this mans name somewhere i,ll look it up i think he may have been a corporal.anyhow manfred was concentrating so intensely roy caught him off guard forcing him lower.this is when the aussie gunners started to fire at the red triplane.while manfred was fired upon the young pilot escaped and flew off.there was a factual programme on british t.v about who actually caused the death of the red baron and even they couldnt come up with any conclussive answers.odds on it was the australian gunners.
