[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by Redshift

Some more on the Red Baron. Yes, it was an Australian who shot down the Red Baron. His name was Robert Buie and he was a gunman operating a Lewis machine gun. I understand he became an oyster fisherman after the war and lived at Brooklyn on the NSW Central Coast.

Here's some more. My grandfather was the first soldier placed on guard duty over the wreck of the Baron's plane after it was brought into the compound of the No. 3 Squadron Flying Corps. He was told to shoot anyone who tried to pinch bits off it. Some bits mysteriously fell into his hands though - pieces of thin plywood that he made into three very small picture frames.

When I was a boy he used to get them out and let me hold them, and more recently I was able to let my sons do the same. It's an amazing thing to know you are holding such a piece of history in your own hands.

You can find out more about Robert Buie just by Googling his name - it's all there.

A very very old friend of mine, (sadly he's dead now) Ted Smout, was one of the first people to arrive at the Red Baron's plane after it was shot down. I bet your grand dad knew him (unless of course he is your grand dad)