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Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: Saladin on April 22, 2004, 11:02:19 PM On April 21, 1918, von Richthofen was shot down and killed over Morlancourt Ridge, near the Somme River. While pursuing a Sopwith Camel piloted by Lieutenant Wilfrid "Wop" May of Canada, and being chased by a plane piloted by another Canadian, Captain Arthur "Roy" Brown, the Red Baron turned to check the tail of his airplane, that is, in the direction of his hunter. He was then caught by a bullet, shot from behind or below, passing diagonally through his chest. Richthofen may have been shot by Captain Roy Brown, but it is more likely that he was killed by ground fire from Australian Army anti-aircraft machine gunners, probably Sergeant Cedric Popkin, or Gunner Robert Buie. Both Brown and the Australians received official credit at the time. The Baron's plane came to rest near the Bray-Corbie road, behind Allied lines.
There was so much respect for von Richthofen in the eyes of his opponents that he was given a full military funeral by No. 3 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps. The engine from von Richthofen's aircraft is on display in the Imperial War Museum in London, England, as part of the War in the Air Exhibit. It still bears the damage caused in the fatal crash. Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: Galmort on April 22, 2004, 11:05:47 PM thats actually quite interesting...
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: matt_the_shark on April 22, 2004, 11:56:52 PM i didn't know that the austrailians fought in wwII...:unsure:
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: Saladin on April 23, 2004, 12:17:05 AM it was WWI
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: matt_the_shark on April 23, 2004, 01:50:51 AM oops :P
well, anyway, i didn't know that austrailian fought in that war either :P Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: mole on April 23, 2004, 04:16:47 PM i want to able to say that "ive died once" maybe som1 could knock me out then i die and the surgeons bring me back or somthing? *slap*
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: Lord Lanair on April 23, 2004, 08:26:52 PM Hmmm... very interesting, RB. ;)
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: Saladin on April 23, 2004, 09:37:41 PM thats good
the Red Baron's real name was Manfred Von Richthofen Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: underruler on April 23, 2004, 11:49:25 PM Happy d-day?
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: Lord Lanair on April 24, 2004, 04:51:13 AM Well, can't say that, considering the next world war. LOL
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: underruler on April 24, 2004, 04:54:09 AM Ok can I say deathday?
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: Lord Lanair on April 24, 2004, 04:56:20 AM Hmmm... "Happy deathday to you, happy deathday to you, happy deathday, RB-eeeeee, happy death day toooo youuuuuu." Interesting. LOL
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: underruler on April 24, 2004, 05:06:39 AM It's like in Harry Potter remember when Nearly Headless Nick invited Harry to his death day?
Title: I Died Yesterday Post by: GandalfTheOld on April 24, 2004, 05:44:28 AM Quote i want to able to say that "ive died once" maybe som1 could knock me out then i die and the surgeons bring me back or somthing? *slap* could...not a true story, but there's one random blurg over in "Festering inside me" thread that's kinda like that... (a doctor basically realized he killed a girl by stopping her heart while toying with those shock pads, and then revived her through heart-massage and artificial respiration) |