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At near ground level the Triplane would've been at its fastest, between 103-115 mph. But, for once the wind was blowing the wrong way.
Also, if von R. broke off and was checking his guns to fix the problem, not knowing that the firing pin was broken might account for why there was no arm wound and that the bullet had a clear path to the posterior fold in the armpit.
The bullet had gotten lodged in the wallet that was in von Richthofen's pajama or jacket pocket according to Ted McCartie (?), the orderly who had to tug to get it out.
The whole von Richthofen twisting in the cockpit comment is based on the statement made in that bogus article attributed to Brown, but denied by him. Can't base the turning in the cockpit on that.
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