robert piepenbrink  | 19 Feb 2018 12:04 p.m. PST |
If you look closely, you can also see a certain future Luftwaffe chief. link |
| Texas Jack | 19 Feb 2018 1:22 p.m. PST |
Wow that was great, thanks for posting! |
| Mick the Metalsmith | 19 Feb 2018 1:55 p.m. PST |
Awesome! Who was the allied pilot forced down? It looked like he was in a Nieuport 28 maybe? |
| Shagnasty | 19 Feb 2018 3:22 p.m. PST |
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| Onomarchos | 19 Feb 2018 3:58 p.m. PST |
The victim is Richthofen's 61st victory over Lt. Algernon Frederick Bird (POW) on 3 September 1917 from 46 Sqn.
Bird was flying a Sopwith Pup (B1795) South of Bousbecque |
| panzerCDR | 19 Feb 2018 5:11 p.m. PST |
The British POW looked pretty happy all things considered. I suppose not many survived being shot down by the Red Baron, so perfectly understandable. Nice find! |
 Nashville | 19 Feb 2018 5:32 p.m. PST |
and HERE is a clip of the actual……………………………………………………………..dog fight !
YouTube link
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| Ceterman | 19 Feb 2018 6:49 p.m. PST |
Nice Find, for sure! But all of that has been out there for many years, EXCEPT I have never seen the very beginning where MvR comes out in the car & also, if you notice when he takes his cap off to put on his flying helmet, you can clearly see the dressing on his head from the wound suffered on 6 July 1917. I've never seen the bandage as clear as this. All in all probably 30 or so seconds of stuff in that pre-flight suit up, that I've never seen! Thanks for posting!
Peter |
| wrgmr1 | 19 Feb 2018 7:44 p.m. PST |
Looks like the second pilot from the left in the group shot is Friedrich T. Noltenius link The third from the left in the shiny leather could be Kurt Wolff.
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| Son of Liberty | 19 Feb 2018 8:59 p.m. PST |
I'm always amazed at how quickly the triplane gets into the air. The Baron flew that particular aircraft for about a month before he went on leave. It was then flown by Kurt Wolff who was eventually shot down while flying it on 15 Sept. 1917. |
| Tom Molon | 20 Feb 2018 6:49 a.m. PST |
Great find. Fantastic video. |
| Sailor Steve | 20 Feb 2018 11:10 p.m. PST |
I too have seen some of this before, but never so complete, so crisp and clear, and never in a format I could download and add to my collection. Thanks for sharing this. |
| Russ Lockwood | 10 Mar 2018 4:30 p.m. PST |
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gets started with WWI British in 15mm.
