Tue May 15, 2007 9:30 pm
Tue May 15, 2007 9:49 pm
fleet16b wrote: I believe they may have his flying boots also.
oscardeuce wrote:I'd like to find the fabric and entrance exit wounds. There is an autopsy of MvR, and putting the info together, prove where the fatal shot came from. Basic forensics.
oscardeuce wrote:As to my OP, it would be interesting to get all the stuff from the plane in one place.
oscardeuce wrote:This may or may not solve the mystery, but one of the reasons I fly today is I read 'The Red Knight of Germany' as a child.
Tue May 15, 2007 10:03 pm
P51Mstg wrote:There was a book published in the 1970's "Who Killed the Red Baron?" I read it as a teenager and basicially the fatal bullet came from the ground when you considered the flight path of the plane. It hasn't been put on a computer yet, but the conclusion is pretty valid.
P51Mstg wrote:The plane that was destoyed in allied raids on Berlin in WWII (among others) was the last Fokker DVII.
Tue May 15, 2007 11:48 pm
Wed May 16, 2007 12:10 am
fotobass wrote:James, respectfully methinks you might be responding just a bit harshly on the fella.
Wed May 16, 2007 5:44 am
P51Mstg wrote:Its all been done already.
There was a book published in the 1970's "Who Killed the Red Baron?"
Wed May 16, 2007 10:25 am
Wed May 16, 2007 3:32 pm
Wed May 16, 2007 7:24 pm
Thu May 17, 2007 12:34 am
Thu May 17, 2007 3:23 am
JDK wrote:Peter Jackson has been stated to 'have the largest collection of MvR memorabilia.' He might. As an independent collector, it would need a lot of external validation and provenance checking; as I'm sure he's done. But, as a rich collector, if you are offered a bit of MvR stuff that you aren't quite sure about, do you buy or reject? If you buy it and then prove it's a fake, what do you do with it?
Thu May 17, 2007 6:55 am
Dave Homewood wrote:When I was at Omaka I was told by one of the WWI aircraft experts who builds the aircraft for the Omaka Collection that when the Aussies had stripped some of the downed Fokker, the Germans then shelled the rest and oblitorated it. So you'd never piece it back together anyway if that is accurate.
Thu May 17, 2007 7:08 am
fleet16b wrote:...Brown did file a report that he fired on and brought down a red Triplane that was chasing May's Camel. This was witnessed by another pilot who also filed a combat report. Therefore he is officially recognized as the victor.
Roy Brown has never to my knowledge had a reputaion of be being a liar or embelisher. He was an experienced Flight leader with kills to his credit.
If he felt that his actions resulted in MvR's death , then I think his opinion should be fairley accurate.
There have been many watered down and altered versions of the event online and at this point which of them are accuaret who knows.
People always want to find fault with something and in this day and age there seems to be much hero bashing. Not to say Brown was a hereo for the act . In fact even he would comment little on the event. After all he killed someone, not something to brag about .
Overall, it's too bad MVR died it would have interestimhg if he had survived the war.
Thu May 17, 2007 7:12 am
Thu May 17, 2007 7:28 am
Dave Homewood wrote:Actually he wasn't a guide and does not work there. He works at Masterton where they build the WWI replicas and I had met these guys the day before. When I went to the musuem next morning they too were having a wander and we got chatting. I learned a lot as they are obviously WWI buffs.