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Originally Posted by Leendert
Referring to the last lines of Laurent's post (#54) I wonder if the question who achieved the most 'kills' only lives in the airwar community?
Have not come across such heated arguments with regards to ground troops as to what unit contributed to the highest 'enemy body count'.
No 'kill', just one or dozens, all pilots did their duty.
Regards,
Leendert
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There's sense in military organisations trying to assess their effectiveness but whether individual scores are a valid measure of that is open to argument. I'm interested in the who-shot-down-who question from another angle, a reminder that wars are fought between real (and often identifiable) human beings. It's a counterweight to the "Napoleon's armies swept across Europe" style of history writing.