The typical rifle bullet was .303 inch caliber. The same round was used in most of the light machine guns.
It has now been proven that the Red Baron was killed by a rifle bullet fired from the ground.
21st April 1918. A single bullet projected upwards ricocheted through thigh and came out on right shoulder, If I remember correctly.
Captain A. Roy Brown shot down the Red Baron on Sunday, April 21, 1918.
There has been a number of investigations over the last 20 years as well as countless books on "Who killed the Red Baron". Although A. Roy Brown claimed he had hit the Red Baron's plane and he went down as Brown turned to fly away and leave the scene, the Baron continued to chase Brown's friend, Lt. May for over a mile or more until ground fire from Australian infantry shot him down. There were several machine gunners and numerous individual solders on the ground that poured lead into the air trying to bring the Baron down. The Red Baron was killed by one round from a 303 caliber round that struck him on his right side, apparently hit his heart and exited slightly below his left nipple in his chest. The Baron managed to land the plane without crashing it, but died shortly after he touched down. No one can really ever prove who killed the Baron, but being that only ONE bullet hole was observed on the right side of his plane that lined up with the wound in his body, its quite possible that an individual rifleman in the Australian infantry brought down the Baron.
The Red Baron, Baron Manfred von Richtofen was Germany's top ace in WW 1. He shot down 80 enemy aircraft. He was killed in air combat. It was a day of national mourning in Germany when he was killed in his tri-winged fighter.
It has now been proven that the Red Baron was killed by a rifle bullet fired from the ground.
21st April 1918. A single bullet projected upwards ricocheted through thigh and came out on right shoulder, If I remember correctly.
I can't think of any fatal mistakes, he was an excellent pilot, and was killed by pure chance from a rifle bullet fired from the ground.
Who Killed the Red Baron - 2003 TV was released on: USA: 7 October 2003
Captain A. Roy Brown shot down the Red Baron on Sunday, April 21, 1918.
I assume you are asking what type aircraft was the red plan flown by "the Red Baron"?The Red Baron was flying a Fokker Dr.1 Triplane when he was killed.
Nova - 1974 Who Killed the Red Baron 31-2 was released on: USA: 7 October 2003
He was shot down by a bullet in his heart, apparently fired by a rifle on the ground.
There has been a number of investigations over the last 20 years as well as countless books on "Who killed the Red Baron". Although A. Roy Brown claimed he had hit the Red Baron's plane and he went down as Brown turned to fly away and leave the scene, the Baron continued to chase Brown's friend, Lt. May for over a mile or more until ground fire from Australian infantry shot him down. There were several machine gunners and numerous individual solders on the ground that poured lead into the air trying to bring the Baron down. The Red Baron was killed by one round from a 303 caliber round that struck him on his right side, apparently hit his heart and exited slightly below his left nipple in his chest. The Baron managed to land the plane without crashing it, but died shortly after he touched down. No one can really ever prove who killed the Baron, but being that only ONE bullet hole was observed on the right side of his plane that lined up with the wound in his body, its quite possible that an individual rifleman in the Australian infantry brought down the Baron.
The Red Baron, Baron Manfred von Richtofen was Germany's top ace in WW 1. He shot down 80 enemy aircraft. He was killed in air combat. It was a day of national mourning in Germany when he was killed in his tri-winged fighter.
The Red Baron was a German Aviator during World War who tallied up the highest confirmed "Kill" list (80) over any other airmen, allied or axis powers. A Kill was an enemy plane shot down and it had to be confirmed by other sources other than the pilot himself. Manfred von Richtofen was the Red Baron. He was a Baron, German arisocrat but he painted his some of his planes red partly because his old cavalry unit the Ulhans unit color was red but also as indentification in the air by his fellow airmen and the enemy. Richtofen transferred from the cavalry to the air service early in the war. He was in pursuit of his 81st "kill" when he himself was killed by a single bullet. It is unknown who really killed the Red Baron but official credit went to a Canadian airman, Capt Roy Brown of the Royal Flying Corps on April 21, 1918 flying in a Sopwith Camel.
the hot rod? OR the dead world war 1 pilot?