[SKUNKY]

Did the Fokker receive a "kill" for this?....

[mustangdriver]

That sucks about the Red Baron's aircarft. I did not realize it lasted that long.

[Louie]

It was my understanding that the Red Barons Fokker was torn to pieces by soldiers/souvenier hunters shortly after his death. It did not make it off the battlefield intact so I am told.

[Captain Eddie]

Originally Posted by Louie

It was my understanding that the Red Barons Fokker was torn to pieces by soldiers/souvenier hunters shortly after his death. It did not make it off the battlefield intact so I am told.

He apparently had more that one, as I have read the story of one of his Fokkers being destroyed in the bombing also.

[Cardinal]

Apart from the tragic loss of life in times of war, the loss of cultural and historical artefacts is something that lessens the common heritage of humankind as a whole .

On a positive note, the resilience of human beings never ceases to amaze me as they often try to restore that which has been reduced to rubble e.g. the Frauenkirche in Dresden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dresden_Frauenkirche) and Monte Cassino in Italy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Cassino.

(I've also read that Field Marshall Kesselring played a considerable role in facilitating the safeguarding of vast quantities of the cultural treasures of Italy - not only from destruction, but also from the greedy hands of Goering who had few scruples in stealing and plundering any artwork that he and his minions could locate.)

[Louie]

My father fought at Monte Cassino. He lost many friends and was himself wounded. Sorry i got off the main thread subject.

[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by Louie

It was my understanding that the Red Barons Fokker was torn to pieces by soldiers/souvenier hunters shortly after his death. It did not make it off the battlefield intact so I am told.

Louie,
Your right about that on 425/17 the plane MVR was killed in.
But his other plane Fok Dr.1 152/17 was in the Zeughaus Museum in Germany.
Here is a pic i got from a book that shows 152/17 around 1938.
This is the Dr.1 that was destroyed in bombings during the second World War.
JP