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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: valleyboy on July 10, 2011, 10:50:31 AM
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Whilst posting pics for the Krupp artillery piece puzzle on a recent thread I had a look at my WWI pictures on photobucket and came across some WW1 Hairyplane pictures I took at Omaka Museum in Blenheim NZ a few years ago. Thought I'd post them in case they were of interest (don't think I've posted them here before)
Richtofen's crashed Fokker diorama
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08035.jpg)
Pfalz DIII the Blue Max
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08036.jpg)
Fokker DR1
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08031.jpg)
RE8
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08018.jpg)
AircoDH2
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08016.jpg)
Fokker E111 Eindekker
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08014.jpg)
Etrich Taube
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08011.jpg)
Mouraine Saulnier typeB
(http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h135/neythebrave/WW1/SouthIslandMarch08010.jpg)
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So who is it that shot down Richtofen? A Canadian pilot or Aussies infantrymen? ;)
Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing 8)
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Much as I'd like to take the patriotic stance and say Capt. Brown shot him down, I think most of the modern evidence points to an Aussie machinegunner. Read The Red Baron's Last Flight - A Mystery Investigated by Norman Franks and Alan Bennett for a good analysis.
An interesting fact about the crash diorama - did you know that they first built the aircraft (full size, by the way) in perfect condition and then wrecked it? Used a forklift or something to crumple the wing!