Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
It was Snoopy!
Who do you think shot down the Red Baron?
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Admiral Beez
Major
Can't even look at the bullets. Either way it was a British-made .303 machine gun round.... so points to the ladies back at the munitions plant.
I wonder if Schultz considered making Snoopy an USAAS pilot flying a Spad rather than a Brit in a Camel. Of course Snoopy's last name is Brown, same as the then recognized victor over Richthofen, so that might have driven the matter.
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Dernancourt
Recruit
- 4
- Feb 8, 2008
You are correct "Akuma"
Sgt Cedric Popkin knew it was his bullet that hit MvR.
My Grandfather was with him at the time. Popkin was a marksman, and he knew how far ahead of the plane to aim his Vickers gun to make the hit. I have visited Popkin's daughter in northern NSW a few years ago, and had a nice chat over a cuppa, but the family did not have a lot of detail about that day, because Cedric did not talk about the war, when he came home. Recently, a plaque was erected in his home town, which explains the story.
Sgt Cedric Popkin knew it was his bullet that hit MvR.
My Grandfather was with him at the time. Popkin was a marksman, and he knew how far ahead of the plane to aim his Vickers gun to make the hit. I have visited Popkin's daughter in northern NSW a few years ago, and had a nice chat over a cuppa, but the family did not have a lot of detail about that day, because Cedric did not talk about the war, when he came home. Recently, a plaque was erected in his home town, which explains the story.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Yeah, I'm going with anonymous Aussie rifleman.
Well, there's a nice reproduction of the crash scene complete with the man himself having his boots nicked, in a museum here in New Zealand. The scene has been recreated by studying photographs and accounts of the crash site.
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One of the cut-out crosses survives in the museum.
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This is all Peter Jackson's doing...
One of the cut-out crosses survives in the museum.
This is all Peter Jackson's doing...
Admiral Beez
Major
Snoopy.
at6
1st Sergeant
It's an easy question. An Italian guy tossing Pizza dough into the air.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
I know who shot Mr. Burns.
manta22
Banned
When Joline and I were in Wellington, NZ in 2017, there was a Gallipoli exhibit at the museum- also by Peter Jackson. The exhibits were excellent and the figures in it were large, very lifelike, and extremely well detailed.
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
They had i-pads? Who knew?
manta22
Banned
That figure was actually looking dubiously at his rations, there were flies on them. All created by Peter Jackson and his crew.
Greg Boeser
2nd Lieutenant
I was talking about the chick watching cat videos.
