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what was the worst dog fight in ww1? If you know email back with pics please your mate Bob.

[PeterL]

Not sure I understand what you're getting at Bob, but if you're looking for an account of a classic WWI dogfight you could do worse than the Canadian War Heroes web pages. Check out the section on William Barker, near the bottom is a vivid account of his VC action.

hth

Peter L

[stevedrew]

Bob,
Pete L is correct. Possibly and arguably the most dramatic dogfight in WW1 was William George Barker's epic fight against anywhere from 12 to 60 enemy aircraft (depending on which account one reads) single handed. He was awarded the VC for this courageous action. You won't find a better account of the action anywhere than "Barker, VC" by Wayne Ralph. Do yourself a favour and buy it. A great read!
Other possibilities: Werner Voss' fatal single handed fight against four or five "Top Guns" form the RFC. "If only I could have brought him down alive!" Quote from the pilot that downed him. It was apparently a spectacular effort.
My favourite: Robert Little (Australian pilot flying with 8 Naval Squadron, RNAS) fought single handed against a dozen of the cream of all fighter squadrons - the dreaded Richthofen's Circus. Little fought against a dozen of the best fighters in the world, and frustrated them with his extreme manoeuvrability (he was flying a Sopwith Triplane) until he finally decided that his fuel level was running out. Little made a dash for the lines, drawing the Circus into range of the Allied archie gunners. They scattered and all flew low back to their aerodrome. Watching this entire dogfight from the ground, Rittmeister Richthofen was very impressed with the Australian pilot's audacity, guts, and skill, and at the amazing performance of the Allied aircraft. He immediately held an emergency meeting with
none other than Anthony Fokker, and pleaded with him to design a similar fighter based on the description Richthofen gave him. The Fokker Dr1 was the result, and subsequently, a legend was born! (Why, I don't know - Richthofen scored only about 10 or so of his total 80 kills in a Dreidekker, yet it is invariably the aircraft everyone pictures him flying in their minds when they conjure up images of the Red Baron.)
You'll have to check other sources for details of paint schemes on the opposing aircraft, but that is a start towards setting this whole affair up.

VBR,
Stephen Drew