An interesting historical footnote to the hunt for Albert Johnson - one of the bush pilots involved in the hunt was a guy called Wilfred May. May's other claim to fame was that he came within a hair's breadth of becoming the 81st victim of The Red Baron, Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen. On his first combat patrol, Lt. May had the misfortune to find the deadliest fighter pilot of the war on his tail. As he flew close to the ground in a desperate attempt to escape, Australian gunners on the ground, including Gunner Robert Buie and Gunner Sgt Cedric Popkin, opened fire on the red triplane, and May's Commanding Officer, Capt. A. Roy Brown, gave chase. One of them struck the Red Baron, killing him.
After the war, “Wop” May (there was no “Political Correctness” in those days) became one of Canada’s pioneer bush pilots.