On 8 Oct 2003 15:12:46 -0700, (Gregorso) wrote:

Did the Red Baron ever engage in battle with Eddie Rickenbacker? I
have seen conflicting stories on various websites. Some say
Rickenbacker shot the Baron down, ... some say the Baron died before
Rickenbacker saw action.

Never heard it suggested that Rickenbacker shot the Baron down. The
debate has been mostly whether the Canadian, Brown shot him down or
whether he was plinked by artillery.

An historian at the AFA gave an excellent presentation to a Daedalian
lunch I attended a couple of years ago describing his research for a
book which concluded that the artillery explanation was highly likely.