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Re: May 14th 1940 and few little things
Thanks, Juha, good point. The difference with "les poilus de la Grande Guerre" is that ALL pilots were debriefed, which gave them a first opportunity to express whatever they wanted, including dissatisfaction with others. Certainly any knowledge we may gain is limited to the data we can find, and needs to be updated if we find more data. The way out here would be to follow both paths, the ones suggested by you and by me. That would make clear the limitations of any conclusions to which we might come.
Furthermore, studying the complaints can shed light on the foundation of these complaints. If an objectifiable and marked difference in aircraft and/or armament performance would be at the basis of this, then this would tell us something, whether reported by few or by many.
If we want to generalize AND make sense, we need to dive deep into the matter, and we need to make clear what we are doing and how we are doing that. Your point is a good illustration of that.
Regards,
Rob
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