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					Originally Posted by Simon Trew   I'm still getting the sense that imperfect evidence though it is, the quantity and type of medals awarded (EK etc) is a useful secondary indicator of personnel operational experience. | 
	
  ..Balke in his history of KG 2 (p414 Teil 2) states that a study of III./KG 2 from December 1941 indicates 140 
erfolgreich durchgeführte Feindflüge was the requirement for the DKiG (pilot) and 200 for a crew member.  75 DKiG were awarded in KG 2 up to September 43.