[VtwinVince]

I disagree with your blanket statement. I have correspondence with numerous pilots who trained with my uncle during the period 1940-41 with Erg. JG3 and Erg. Jagdgruppe 51, such as Rudi Sinner, Walter Schuck and Helmut Rueffler, amongst others. They maintained that their later successes were primarily due to the high quality training they received. I suppose things could have deteriorated later in the conflict, but to dismiss categorically the experienced pilots as a group of self-interested parties only interested in padding their scores is a gross generalisation.