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Summary: A must read for those Richtofen last flight buffs.
Review: The authors confirm the earlier judgement of P.J. Carisella's work "Who Shot the Red Baron." This most recent work contains numerous first hand accounts, particularly from the Allied side, of Richtofen's last flight. Particularly interesting are the actual reports submitted by those involved.The authors combine their own practical flight experience, along with photographs (both period and today) of the famous "last flight" route, to convincingly determine and at point in the "last flight" Richtofen received his mortal wound, and who inflicted it. Addionally, they contend Richtofen made a "map reading" error that greatly contributed to the final outcome. World War I aviation buffs will want to add this work to their collections.
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Summary: outstanding novel of 80 years of mystery
Review: The authors confirm the earlier judgement of P.J. Carisella's work "Who Shot the Red Baron." This most recent work contains numerous first hand accounts, particularly from the Allied side, of Richtofen's last flight. Particularly interesting are the actual reports submitted by those involved. The authors combine their own practical flight experience, along with photographs (both period and today) of the famous "last flight" route, to convincingly determine and at point in the "last flight" Richtofen received his mortal wound, and who inflicted it. Addionally, they contend Richtofen made a "map reading" error that greatly contributed to the final outcome. World War I aviation buffs will want to add this work to their collections.
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Summary: Fascinating but....
Review: This book gives us some definitive, fascinating and hitherto unpublished information regarding the RB's last moments: it was quite impossible for Capt. Roy Brown's guns to have delivered the fatal bullet. And the baron was still alive when British ground troops reached his crashlanded plane.
The narrative is crisp, detailed and very readable, if at times wandering. The drama of Lt. Wilfrid May's panicked efforts to save himself, and the RB's snowballing misfortune - which finally cost him his life - are ably depicted. The authors' conclusions are detailed and convincing.
But unfortunately the book is severely handicapped by photographs and maps that confuse the reader; and in one instance contradict the authors' "Capt. Brown couldn't have shot him down" assertion. I spent nearly two hours trying to sort this mess out after finishing the book, and was forced to sketch in reference lines and compass directions in order to get a coherent picture based on the text.
So, get this excellent book. Just get a protractor too.
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Summary: outstanding novel of 80 years of mystery
Review: When i saw this book in the bookshop i was thinking it was another historian knowing who shot down the red baron. as i pick it up and browsed through it. i started to read a chapter or two.i was amazed that how the author got right into the fact about the medical examination,the mapping and the witness of people who saw the crash. so i bought it and i was prowd of it. i have read many books about his death and i totally agree with Norman franks on how he was shot down. i recomend this book to any person who is interested in world war one aerial warfare. well writen and a book worth reading
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