First Published In 2014 This Is A New And Expanded Edition.on 20th July 1995, Robin Bowes, One The Last Great Twentieth Century Barnstormers, Died At The Controls Of His Replica 'red Baron' Fokker Dr1 Triplane Just As He Was About To Commence An Aerial Dogfight Display At Stourhead Gardens, Wiltshire. Well Known And Respected In Aviation Circles, His Fatal Accident Made Headline News Across The Uk And Was Witnessed By Thousands Of Spectators Attending The Event, Including The Author.a Working-class Boy, Robin Grew Up In Post-war London And Malta. When He Moved With His Familyto Plymouth In The Early 60s He Worked As A Car Salesman But Was Soon Making A Name For Himself Racing Stock Cars And Drumming In A Local Band.