Canada's War in Color

Originally posted by Jon Skagfeld
Everything that I've seen, researched and studied leads to Roy Brown.

The angle of bullet penetration in the airframe of the downed TriDekker points to hits from above, not hits from below.

I've inspected the seat from the Red Baron's plane (located in the display area of the Royal Canadian Military Institute in Toronto).

The seat clearly shows bullet penetration from above, i.e. the flaring out of the bullet hole is downward.

Whilst Australian ground fire could have contributed to further damage, no-one can tell, because the aircraft was fairly soon carved up for souvenirs. No post-accident investigation, no post mortem on the remains.

If its the British programme I'm thinking of that aired here some time ago then you'll find its the Aussie. They went at it in a very controlled and scientific method using the best forensics.

1. There are quite detailed post mortem notes and sketches in the archives, the fatal bullet did not come from above or behind.

2. The spent, fatal round was found inside the vR's outer jacket, ballistic tests can thus reverse engineer the range and then prove this on the range with similar live ammunition.

3. The course of the Fokker is well documented and the medical opinion of time between hit and death puts the aircraft at exactly the spot where the Aussie would have a shot commensurate with the the determined range and angle. Also, this medical data extrapolates accurately to the crash point.

4. Although at or over extreme range, a light aircraft flying the same course and speed at the actual location, was hit by a green laser "Lewis" gun using a computer generated delay from the range measurement to simulate bullet time of flight and with the gunner using a coloured aiming filter to eliminate any visual strike clues.

R.