No, Billy Bishop fought with the Red Baron but did not shoot him down. The Red Baron was shot down later, probably by Australian anti-aircraft gunners on the ground but possibly by RAF pilot Roy Brown, a Canadian, who was attacking the Red Baron.
William Avery Bishop (Billy Bishop)
Billy Bishop was in a dogfight with 7 Canadian planes (Nieuports) against 5 German planes (Albatrosses. von Richthofen's squadron of 4 planes joined the fight. von Richthofen and Bishops separated from the main fight and had a dogfight between what were to become each side's highest scoring ace of the war. Bishop had one clear shot at von Richthofen but his gun jammed. After he cleared his gun, they had a dogfight but he never had another clean shot. Bishop claimed he put some holes in von Richthofen's plane but didn't bring it down. The .30 caliber machine guns slow firing machine guns used by planes in WWI required a lot of hits to take down a plane. The only quick way to bring down an opponent was a lucky shot hitting the pilot or a vital engine component.
Captain A. Roy Brown shot down the Red Baron on Sunday, April 21, 1918.
it is not fully known whos planes he shot down but in total he shot down 90 + planes.
No one. Von Richthofen was the top fighter pilot of WW1.
William Avery Bishop (Billy Bishop)
Roy brown shot down the red baron
Billy Bishop was in a dogfight with 7 Canadian planes (Nieuports) against 5 German planes (Albatrosses. von Richthofen's squadron of 4 planes joined the fight. von Richthofen and Bishops separated from the main fight and had a dogfight between what were to become each side's highest scoring ace of the war. Bishop had one clear shot at von Richthofen but his gun jammed. After he cleared his gun, they had a dogfight but he never had another clean shot. Bishop claimed he put some holes in von Richthofen's plane but didn't bring it down. The .30 caliber machine guns slow firing machine guns used by planes in WWI required a lot of hits to take down a plane. The only quick way to bring down an opponent was a lucky shot hitting the pilot or a vital engine component.
Captain A. Roy Brown shot down the Red Baron on Sunday, April 21, 1918.
it is not fully known whos planes he shot down but in total he shot down 90 + planes.
He was shot down by a bullet in his heart, apparently fired by a rifle on the ground.
Do you mean Australian? Some say an Australian fired from the ground and hit the REd Baron as he was chasing an airplane. Capt. Roy Brown was credited with shooting down the Red Baron and he was Canadian.
He was a WWI German pilot who shot down over 70 planes in WW1.
He was a WWI German pilot who shot down over 70 planes in WW1.
No one. Von Richthofen was the top fighter pilot of WW1.
A pilot was NOT the one who shot him down. He shot by ground fire. The fatal shots came from Australian soldiers of the 4th Machine Gun Battalion. Actually the shooter was Captin Roy Brown he made a huge dive towards the Red Baron and fired 2 deadly shots. From the angle it was rather possible that one of the shots struck the red baron, killing him, but the plane was perfectally fine.
No. When he was 22 he was shot down by Pat Garrett