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To: wolf78

An adversary rendered helpless by jammed weapons didn’t make him less of a kill for the Red Baron, who IIRC had a silver loving cup engraved for each `victory’.

And wasn’t von Richthofen, in pursuit of his eighty-first cup, killed by ground fire when he pursued the Canadian Lt. Brown over Allied lines after the latter’s guns had jammed or run out of ammo? His plane crashed in Allied territory, that’s for sure.


25 posted on 04/01/2008 4:07:04 PM PDT by elcid1970 (;^))
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To: elcid1970

“And wasn’t von Richthofen, in pursuit of his eighty-first cup, killed by ground fire when he pursued the Canadian Lt. Brown over Allied lines after the latter’s guns had jammed or run out of ammo?”

Correct.


30 posted on 04/01/2008 4:17:13 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Mossad!)
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To: elcid1970
As far as I'm concerned, if your enemy's gun jams, that's his problem. It's nice that Guynemer let Udet go after Udet's guns jammed, but war is war.
74 posted on 04/01/2008 8:33:55 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (It's not conservative to accept an inept Commander-in-Chief in a time of war. Back Mac.)
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