The horseshoes statement is my way of conceding that history will always say
Roy Brown did the dirty deed. But clearly this is wrong! Your point about Brown being below while firing the fatal wound is indefensible - as I stated earlier the record clearly shows that Brown did nothing more than fire on the triplane while diving at it. Literally hundreds of men who were there claim only two planes at low level with the Fokker matching the Camel turn for turn. This is not someone in 1998 talking, this is a multitude of men who were there. Finally, concerning von Richthofen's identity: he was identified within five minutes of his landing. Your implication doesn't wash - the ground troops knew who he was long before any of the British airmen did. No doubt Brown thought he got the triplane, but the observations of hundreds of ground observers are proof positive that he did not.