On 2 March 1918 Cedric was promoted to Training Sergeant, shortly before the company photograph was taken . She served in Greece and returned to Australia in 1918. It was reported that a spent .303 bullet was found inside Richthofen's clothing. This message was posted before February 2018. POPKIN Cedric Bassett - Diggers Database - Search for a WW1 At about 10.35am on 21 April, Baron von Richthofen, flying his red Fokker DR-1, engaged Sopwith Camels from 209 Squadron, RAF. On arriving at Sierra Leone, Cedric and his company were transferred to the Ulysses which carried the troops to England. He recalls delivering a message to a gunner at the 11th Battalion, who opened fire on Richthofen's plane and claims to have seen the bullets pierce the cockpit. Australian War Memorial Collection, http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/24/24, 2237 Air Mechanic 2nd Class John A R Alexander, No 3 Sqn AFC Private Record Collection PR86/133 (extract from personal diary), Australian War Memorial http://www.awm.gov.au/blog/2008/02/06/who-killed-the-red-baron-2, NOVA PBS documentary, Who killed the Red Baron?, Oct 7, 2003 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/redbaron/about.html, Cedric Bassett Popkin 424, Service Record, Cited by Cedric Bassett Popkin, Adopt a Digger Project, http://www.adoptadigger.org/search-for-a-ww1-digger/search-for-a-ww1-digger/item/3-diggers-database/1230-popkin-cedric, Looking back: 'I shot the Red Baron', The Daily Examiner, 7th Nov 2013. "The fact that the bullet was found intact inside the clothing of Richthofen is another indicator that it was a long-range shot," Franks told NOVA, "and I would say that would be probably 600 yards plus. I did not feel like a victor. I went away. He was issued with Regimental Number 424 and his rank on enlistment was Private. Other Australian machine gunners and riflemen also fired at the Baron. Cedric received a severe gunshot wound to his right leg on 19 June and was moved to 4th Field Ambulance. As shown on PBS's NOVA, the medical reports showed von Richthofen was hit by an upward shot to the right side. But Brown would have been firing from behind and above left. A student at the same school, Cedric was reported as having a "bad" character who had been before the Bench of Magistrates previously. That man was Australian gunnery sergeant Cedric Popkin, who, according to NOVA, was firing a machine gun at the Baron's right side from the ground, about 600 yards away. If I could I would gladly have brought him back to life, but that is somewhat different than shooting a gun. (ii)As shown on PBS's NOVA (iii), the medical reports showed von Richthofen was hit by an upward shot to the right side. WebName: Cedric B Popkin Birth Date: 1890 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1890 Registration Place: St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia Father: Dan W B Popkin There was evidence of only one hit on the triplane, which would fit with the cone of fire from a Vickers at long range. Description: The Australian website dedicated to researching WW1 Diggers and nurses who came from or were associated All rights reserved. "SCVHistory.com CP3908 | Val Verde | History of Million Dollar Productions; Written for Cornerstone Time Capsule, 4-16-1939", "My dear secretary - Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leo_C._Popkin&oldid=1145330822, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 18 March 2023, at 15:32. "The only claimant at that range is Popkin. While recognizing that for "propoganda reason" Capt Brown was awarded credit for the "kill", of course realistically, we could never know who fired the fatal bullet that day=claffey-27. He personally engaged two Fokker triplanes, which he drove off; then seeing that one of our machines was being attacked and apparently hard pressed, he dived on the hostile scout, firing the while. 0 comment 2 Obits previous His Fokker was not damaged by the landing.
