[kaki3152]

Edward Sims was a 2nd Lt. in the 479th FG, 435 FS who served Dec 44-EOW. so I think he had some affinity with the German aces, which might have made them more apt to give interviews.

The interviews with the German aces took part tin the early 70s as "Fighter Tactics and Strategy 1914-1970" was published in 1972. At this time, Rudorffer was probably still giving interviews.

All in all, I find the Jadgwaffe fighter aces interviewed in this book: Buehlingen, Rall, Rudorffer and Eder gave good stories although the incidents sometimes don't match the recorded claims. The Kurt Buhlingen narrative, I believe, refers to the mission he flew on June 21,1941, when he claimed three victories.

BTW, Eder had to be flying Bf109G-6 with the underwing 30mm pods