Who do you think shot down the Red Baron? (1 Viewer)

Who killed the Red Baron?

  • An Australian Flying Corps' No. 3 Squadron RE8 observation two-seater

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  • Gunner W. J. Evans of the 53rd Battery

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Actually without knowing the trajectory of the fatal round, it is anybody's guess as to who killed him. Forensic examination wasn't what it is today.
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.
It was Snoopy!
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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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.
 
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...
 
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...
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.
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