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I always say this everytime the topic comes up.
MvR was a dead man no matter how you look at it. Flying into such a hornets nest was a grave error and almost certainly an accident.
Brown sealed MvR's fate, when he told May, prior to the flight. "When in trouble fly back, over our lines". May, the tempting rookie target that fixated MvR was the biggest factor in his demise. Though perhaps an argument could be made his slow triplane was...
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