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Originally Posted by VtwinVince
I'm sorry, it's pretty hard to take this thread seriously when the opening comments are completely idiotic. The Soviets were never 'lambs to the slaughter' or any such nonsense.
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It might be an issue of 'florid prose'; the Soviet Airforce took a beating early on just due to the technical 'gap' and the lack of experience for lots of pilots. Later, when their tech and training time improved and surpassed the LW, there was still the issue of overcoming a sense of inferiority in the newer pilots at least until a bit later in the war. As for the 'Experten's' sense of superiority against the Soviet Airforce, I'm not sure that ever went away, until the Soviets were right on the border.
I remember reading that 'somewhere': was it Loza's books, the rereleased version of Red Phoenix, the Time/Life WW2 series or somewhere else I cannot say.