Yep, that should do it.

Steve

Creaking Door,

The fall of shot pattern at that range from a tripod mounted machine gun (Popkin) is significantly more compact and different from that of an aircraft mounted machine gun or a rifle at a similar range. It is reasonable to say that if one bullet from Popkin’s gun had hit the Baron, several more would also have hit him and the aircraft, but they didn’t! In the whole incident only three bullets hit the plane. The book is worth a read.

Steve

Nothing startling, just not Popkin, ironically his own map of the events recently rediscovered at the Australian War Memorial actually rules him out of the kill shot. The suggestion is an unknown Australian Rifleman. And the seat does not have a bullet hole in it. I can recommend two books: “Gunning For The Red Baron” by Leon Bennet, and Brown’s two volume biography by Alan Bennet (No relation as far as I know). Both approach the subject from very different viewpoints and both come to the same conclusions. That neither Brown or Popkin are in the equation for the “kill shot”, and that that honour should go to an unknown Australian rifleman.

Happy reading!

Steve

I was thinking that it was probably the one that Cliff Roberson ended up with, or MH415?

Steve

Very sad. From eyewitness reports here it is sounding much like the Mallard crash in Perth last year. CASA have to produce a preliminary report within a month and a full one at some point in the future, so it will probably be a while.

Steve

No price either.

Steve