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« on: April 22, 2004, 11:02:19 PM » |
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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.
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I have become Death; destroyer of worlds.
--J. Robert Oppenheimer upon witnessing the explosion of the first atomic bomb [/font]
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light
--Plato [/font]
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Galmort
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2004, 11:05:47 PM » |
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thats actually quite interesting...
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matt_the_shark
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2004, 11:56:52 PM » |
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i didn't know that the austrailians fought in wwII...:unsure:
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Saladin
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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2004, 12:17:05 AM » |
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it was WWI
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I have become Death; destroyer of worlds.
--J. Robert Oppenheimer upon witnessing the explosion of the first atomic bomb [/font]
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light
--Plato [/font]
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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2004, 01:50:51 AM » |
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oops  well, anyway, i didn't know that austrailian fought in that war either |
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mole
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« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2004, 04:16:47 PM » |
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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*
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Yiff Hunter says:
and the last question do u get a sudden eye twicth and shudder wen i say :
CLEAN?
RipperRoo says:
yes
Yiff Hunter says:
rite ive declared u imorally peasant like |
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« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2004, 08:26:52 PM » |
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Hmmm... very interesting, RB.  |
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- I'm scissors. Nerf rock. Paper's fine.
-It's not the mind control that kills people; it's the fall damage.
-Que sera, sera.
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Saladin
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« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2004, 09:37:41 PM » |
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thats good
the Red Baron's real name was Manfred Von Richthofen
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I have become Death; destroyer of worlds.
--J. Robert Oppenheimer upon witnessing the explosion of the first atomic bomb [/font]
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light
--Plato [/font]
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« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2004, 11:49:25 PM » |
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Happy d-day?
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Lord Lanair
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« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2004, 04:51:13 AM » |
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Well, can't say that, considering the next world war. LOL
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- I'm scissors. Nerf rock. Paper's fine.
-It's not the mind control that kills people; it's the fall damage.
-Que sera, sera.
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« Reply #10 on: April 24, 2004, 04:54:09 AM » |
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Ok can I say deathday?
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Lord Lanair
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« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2004, 04:56:20 AM » |
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Hmmm... "Happy deathday to you, happy deathday to you, happy deathday, RB-eeeeee, happy death day toooo youuuuuu." Interesting. LOL
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- I'm scissors. Nerf rock. Paper's fine.
-It's not the mind control that kills people; it's the fall damage.
-Que sera, sera.
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« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2004, 05:06:39 AM » |
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It's like in Harry Potter remember when Nearly Headless Nick invited Harry to his death day?
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« Reply #13 on: April 24, 2004, 05:44:28 AM » |
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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) |
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