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Originally Posted by Brian
Thanks, Frank
Why was Caiden's work not trustworthy?
Cheers
Brian
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Caiden never let the facts get in the way of a good story.
He's responsible for a number of dubious myths that existed for many years due mostly to his prodigious amount of publishing and the fact that he was writing at a time (60's 70's 80's) where access to the source materal he was writing about was limited. His book on Kursk The Tigers are Burning tainted the subject for many years.
Another one of his fictional tales includes a captured P38:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=6852
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showth...?t=3992&page=2
Then there was his Bruno Mussolini story ....
Here's a take on Samurai.
https://www.warbirdforum.com/wingsams.htm
I'd recommend finding a copy of Winged Samurai: Saburo Sakai and the Zero Fighter Pilots by Henry Sakaida for for a better account of Saburo Sakai.