"Juvat" wrote:
Norman Franks wrote a fairly detailed explanation. I don't think he
has much doubt, except that there's no way Brown could have fired the
bullet that killed MvR.

Does it really matter who brought the Red Baron down? It's more of a
case of being at the right place at the wrong time! The NOVA program
brought out the fact that Richthofen broke his own rules following a single
aircraft back across enemy lines and not concentrating on what was going on
around him. Whether the bullet was from Popkin's machine gun or Brown's is
of little consequence. He is dead in either case.
Ed