European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday april 27,1988 historian says Potshot killed red Baron London Upu leg world War 1 German air Ace Liann Manfred von Richl Hofen. With 80 kills to his score was downed and killed by a single haphazard British bul let and not Defeated in an Aerial dog fight a historian said monday. Aviation expert Hugh Scanlan said his claim was Bawd on a recently Dis covered letter he said he has auth anti cried As written by one of the doctors who examined Richthofen s body after was killed on the Western front to the last months of the War. Rich Shoffn s skills in Aerial and inc daring top oils o jul flying circus he led a crib 8ary. Credit  of Richthofen a flamboyant Nobleman nicknamed red Baron because his planes were painted red was claimed at the time by Sev eral Allied pilots including one austra a Crew that said it had riddled  until he  Madian Pilot Roy Brown was go 8l�lk�tdited with defeating him in a Dop Ayer France on april 21.19i8. But the new evidence says thai Richl Hofen was killed by a single cd the Only one to =11red by an  spoiler whose  aircraft crept up in Richthofen Scanlan said in interview. The letter in the handwriting of pro Fessor John Alexander Nixon who served As a consultant physician to the British army was discovered Las month being used As a bookmark in a volume of lath Century poetry Scanlan said. A s ironic said Scanlan but nowt seems that the invincible red Baron was shot Down by a reconnaissance Chap taking a Potshot Nixon s letter dated 1934, and  he Burma to Urrain France to Trofen s body to decide Ift of which of the several claim hid in of bringing Down Richthofen by Tollmitt ii said they  b plane had been hit by which he raised through the la and entered Richthofen s Chest in the Middle of the right Axilla armpit travelling horizontally in had struck the front or the vertebrae and glanced off probably into the heart in said. It is probably in this manner that the fatal Bullet reached Richthofen unsuspected and killed him  the inter said. Nixon s letter also gave 3 clue to the in in girl or Ritti itt re Baron ii cited a report by an unidentified artillery observer who reported the same Day that he overtook a germanic a Scarlet plane who seemed unaware of the presence of any other plane into near Vicinity. The British observer seeing his Opportunity few up beside him and in passing let him be a Belt " of gunfire. Var s report must be hid Den  in the archives of the Public Rrt i. Office where it has eluded historian in air if in has t been lost and we can finally gel his name Scanlan said. Sub from Page 1 Rine with a line attached to keep the submarine from Drifting Long said. They Are waiting until Daybreak to commence any operation. No one has boarded the vessel at this Point Long said. Aho steaming to the scene was the Salvage ship Himsl from the Little Creek amphibious base in nor Folk. The explosion occurred sunday afternoon in the bail s Battery  while the Bonc fish was news briefs Rutherford takes charge As 17th air Force Leader St Sci -mai.sbmbachab, to born Rutherford assumed  17th air Force monday . Gen. Richard maj Assoc who Wilf cd Kanand the air defense Weapu Center Elj Fiill fab Fla. Rutherford  s Deputy chief of Milit for opera lid a command Pilot with More than 3,700flmg\ . His military Deco rations  Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster Are distinguish i flying Cross wit two Oaky inf clusters the meritorious service Mcdo Wilh two Oak Leaf clusters and the air medal with 11 Oak Leaf clusters. Israeli Navy reports sinking Guerci la boat of Janon  Jef Pitary officials Saidie israeli Navy taker Currilla boat off Leb anon monday auth uni Adio said the two peo ple aboard Hij Jabur Dinghy Cre killed. An Artman tibial said the Nav pcs Sci was on a routine tool when in spotted the guerrilla boat near no Southern lebanese port of Tyre and opened fire sinking the boat. . Security Council condemns assassination United nations Council Sass Natkal Wazir. The unit tunisian Rae i com Palestine i military Cor tuntion nor _  Cognev Resolution condemns inc slaying but docs not feh fitly criticize Israel. However the Resolution reseed to t 1985 Reso Lution pissed after Israel bombed Plo head quarters in Tunis. Thai Resolution condemned Israel and demanded thai it refrain from further acts of  Security Dean the As on Unander Kli Alil rained. Israeli sources say is a Down Al water the animation s 52-year-old a his Home in suburban Pel has neither confirmed submerged on a routine training Mission said Borton. The explosion triggered a fire that filled the 219-foot vessel with smoke and tonic fumes. The sub surfaced and cmdr. Mike Wilson the skipper ordered it evacuated. The frigate Carr which also was in the training exer Cise look aboard 89 of inc Bonefish s 92  Mccloy a frigate also training nearby reached the Bonefish before Nightfall the Navy said. The Bonefish was launched in 1958 from new Yor shipbuilding in Camden . It is powered on the surface by three 1,5do-Horscpowcr i Csc engines that drive a single propeller and charge batteries. While submerged the batteries Power two electric motors. The Bonefish and its two sister ships the Barbel an Blueback Are among the last of the Navy s diesel Clicc Fric submarine and arc used principally to mimic so Viet submarines in training exercises. The soviets still operate about 100 diesel electric boats. The Bonefish is the second Navy vessel to Bear that name. The first a world War h submarine disappeared in the sea of Japan in june 1345 while on combat patrol. The 22 injured were transferred to the aircraft car Rier John f. Kennedy which steamed to Mayport flu. From there they were flown to the naval Hospital i Jacksonville. The other crewmen were taken to May port by the Carr and flown to Charleston fab where they arrived monday afternoon Atlantic Fleet Headquarters said two sailors were seriously injured but inc nature and extent of their injuries was not immediately available. The majority of the sailors disembarked from the Arr in Mayport wearing Blue overalls and in cake though Many were shoeless. Reporters were not allowed to talk to the crewmen when they returned to Charleston they looked grim As they walked across the Tarmac to meet about 10 wait ing relatives. One woman Ware a jacket Reading Dic so boats forever beneath a cartoon Ofa submarine. The Navy identified the missing men As it Ray Everts of Naoma w.va., Petty officer . Robert a Bordelon or. Of Willis Texas and Petty officer 1c. Marshall t. Lindgron of Pisgah Forcel . Danish from Page 1 lion. . And British policy is to neither confirm no deny  of nuclear weapons aboard ships. Is monday to Brief his nato colleagues on  with soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev and sort a reign minister Eduard Shevardnadze the talks in Swituk of the fourth Summit Between Gorbachev and May 29 through june 2, produced Little Prosi los strategic arms reduction treaty Start. While both Side were hoping l Lions before the Summit in moscow.jf9rcrns thai Shultz would not define . They re hard issues to Zeij 8ri5 they involve a lot of pick and shovel work a afraid without offering specifics. So i think  is going along. And it s important Toji Bici an agreement in Start butt s More Impat finl to reach a Good agreement that s solid thuland Bulc Are comfortable with on both  the Kareem Chi is aimed at reducing by to percent . And soviet strategic arsenals of land and sea based Long Range nuclear weapons. The Reuters news service reported Friday thai an additional problem in inc talks is the deadlock Over the Reagan administration s strategic defense initiative the space based missile defense program. Moscow says it will not sign a strategic arms pact without curbs on the sd1 program Reuters reported. Shultz and Shevardnadze have scheduled another meeting May 11-fz in  the Start Issue a Kulim nos brought up again this week Inbau i Nain Ernrst meeting since do com Gnu ministers. Likely will focus on Long term arms Ranning by the Alliance scheduled to attend from the United states is Secrce a Csc Frank Carlucci who will discuss .and 5o7ri Mara lion on the 13-year inspection pro Gram  Banning land eased  nuclear weapons from Europe. Although inc problems relating to Denmark Are not a scheduled topic during inc two Day meeting the problems most Likely will surface during the discussions. Senior defense officials of All nato nations except France and Iceland will attend the meeting. 8 who died in Iran Rescue try honoured Washington a eight american service men who cd a 3 failed attempt to Rescue 52 Ameri can Hosea cats sleight years ago were honoured monday at a ce/cmott9i�ndcd by relatives friends and Mif Iury officials. A time is a Jiwat healer of i Iii Mil for Cecal. Richard 11 limes the brother of it Holmes or. Of five Bluff ark., one of the eight who died during " abortive Rescue Mission siranian desert on april 25, 1980. To those feelings of sorrow have  with feelings of Pride lie said a the men five from the Jarf Brycc and Ihrck from the Marine corps used  collided with a transport plane after ohm fils decided to abandon inc mis Sion before Enteria Fordiran where the hostages were being held in to is. Embassy. The hostages were freed in Janua Uwi after 444 Days in Captivity army scr diary John o. Marsh jr., and former hos tages Bruce Laingen and air Force col no Boeder were among those attending the a Minic ceremony at Arlington  the Potomac River from the Nau for he Learned of the Rescue attempt ing held in Tehran he cried. He has great e said in remembering those who were willing up die for Freedom i presentation of colors by the Marine corps colorow a participants placed yellow roses on the Headstone we Almli of the eight maj. Richard Bakke of Long Bear Iii Loci c Mavor Harris Ville. Mich. And Harold Mutti it Walton Beach Fla. Are buried. A Wreath was then put near the plaque rating the eight. The others were sgt. John Harvey of Roanoke a staff sgt. Dewcy l. Johnson of Dublin of. Capt. Lyn d. Mclntosh of Valdosta a. And capt. Charles Mcmillan of Corryton Tenn