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Hi Dénes

..Roba has come in for some criticism for his choice of language in one or two areas in his Stuka book (the Versailles 'Diktat'..etc), there's a bit of that here but nothing that bothers me overly..

a couple of examples of Roba's 'style';
" the German ace 39-45 continues to fascinate. While there is keen interest in the aviators of many other air arms 39-45, it is in the fighter pilots of the Luftwaffe where interest is at its greatest...The strength of our fascination is explained chiefly by their weaknesses.....as in all walks of life there were shysters and frauds (tricheurs) ...while the 'game' was played largely correctly at the beginning of the war with the concept of Staffelabschüsse.. these quickly disappeared into the tallies of the ambitious. ..even discounting 50% of their claims the German aces' performance continues to provoke astonishment if not admiration. Honour, camaraderie and loyalty were the key words that defined the Tagjagd - words which may provoke disquiet in an era when such concepts have largely lost all value.."