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| | Message text Looks excellent. The simulations of the flight paths that we can do now provide some excellent evidence of what really happened.
Our TV Channel 4 made (or at least showed) an excllent documentary, "Dogfight: The Mystery of the Red Baron" which used interviews with experts and relatives of those involved in the incident. Worth seeing if you can find it.
Review from a Canadian site says...
Ironically, in the end it may have been Von Richthofen's love for the hunt that led to his demise. He was shot down April 21, 1918, one day before he was scheduled to go on leave. The documentary explores two key questions: 1) why did Von Richthofen break his own rules of engagement and stray far into enemy airspace where he was shot down and 2) who fired the fatal bullet that brought him down? For those of you who think the automatic answer to the second question is Canadian Roy Brown, you may be in for a surprise.
One more thing you should know about this film: it features the best First World War aerial battle recreations I have ever seen in a documentary. Using beautifully restored First World War-era fighter planes and some very clever graphics and cockpit recreations, you will literally feel like you are in the cockpit with Von Richthofen, especially during the film's exciting climax—the epic final dogfight between the Baron and his two Canadian opponents
Tom
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