What flying ace was shot down by the "Red Barron" during WWII?
Lanoe Hawker Lanoe George Hawker VC, DSO (30 December 1890 – 23 November 1916) was a British First World War flying ace. Having seven credited victories, he was the third pilot to receive the Victoria Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry awarded to British and Commonwealth servicemen. He was killed in a dogfight with the famous German flying ace Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), who described him as "the British Boelcke".
1953 Avro Lincoln shootdown incident The 1953 Avro Lincoln shootdown incident was the shooting down of a British Avro Lincoln four-engined bomber which had intruded into East Germany airspace during a training mission on 12 March 1953. While the aircraft was flying on the Hamburg-Berlin air corridor over East Germany it was shot down by a Soviet fighter.