I have one date to add Woody, what happened on April 21, 1918?

An Australian machine gunner had good aim and killed a German pilot.

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10AUG1815 Royal Decree of Grace
1863 The pilgramage of Bayoan by Eugenio Maria de Hostos
1898 The PR claims independance from Spain, is captured by the US and made a territory of US ending Spanich colonialism in Western Hemisphere. Big year for PR
1905 The original Coat of Arms of PR was adopted.
That the best I can recall from history

We can only assume that the Aussie MG gunner had fallen out of a plane?

The fatal shot came from above and to the left of Richtofen's Tripe...not a good spot for anybody but Roy Brown...the person who is officially credited with the kill. Earlier claims that the bullet came from below have been discounted as better forensic science makes bullet wounds better understood.

As for Brown lying, that's a load of BS.

Brown never claimed to have shot down Richtofen. He claimed, through normal procedures, to have shot down a Fokker Tripe at a specific location. After investigation it was determined that he had shot it down and it was Richofen's.

The only lie I've ever seen associated with that event is a claim that one of the Aussie gunner's had stated that he and his mates had shot down Richtofen. The claim was made by an Aussie museum. The gunner involved clearly, and repeatedly, stated that he hadn't even seen a Fokker Tripe at low altitude near their gun position that day.

If you want to sully the name of a VC winner...how about doing it with facts and not snide accusations?

Not bad for going from memory... if mine serves me right, PR had just been granted self-government in 1898, as a step towards - some thought independence, others wanted full incorporation as a full Spanish province ... seems that 105 years later, nothing has changed, only the "colonial"  power...

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The Toronto Star printed an article that indicates researchers from the Discovery Channel, reached the conclusion that Roy Brown was firing from the wrong angle/side and concludes that it was an Australian gunner - not necessarily Snowy..... However, the same article also cautions that the actual "whodunnit" may never be fully resolved.  The Discovery Channel came to its "conclusion" using 3D modelling (although it beats me how the various paths of several airplanes could be accurately tracked if no film record/evidence was made at the time), BUT another 'expert'  on the matter concluded that the Channel made the correct determination for the wrong reasons.  Finally, it is my understanding that Brown claimed to have shot at a Triplane that went down vertically, whereas the Richtofen Triplane came down in a semicontrolled landing (ie , not vertical)

I do not believe that Roy Brown was actually credited with the kill, but that the history books - for the most part - recognize him as the one who fired the fatal shot.

I'm not much on history, but this tread
got me started looking around and I
found this, as to old and new world
This one goes way back,
Check it out!

  http://www.johnowensmith.co.uk/histdate/

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