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Re: The first ace to reach a certain score
Comparing scores is a perfectly legitimate passtime as long as you realise that roughly half of what you are comparing is unicorn droppings and does not bear any relation to reality. You do not have to invoke dishonnesty, pilot error, misunderstanding and wishful thinking is enough.
Who is better. Pilot 1 who claimed and was awarded 100 victories and there is good evidence actually shot down at least 70 or Pilot 2 who claimed 120, but we can only find 60 aircraft losses that match?
You seem to be saying that the aces are reliable and that there are whole squadrons of aircraft that were lost, but no-one wanted to replace them because they were scared to tell the boss.
Which is more likely?
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