[Don Pearson]

Most accounts agree that at this time JG 27 was flying at a frenetic pace. Regardless of the accuracy of the claims, all could agree that Marseille was definitely involved in many combats in September 1942, and the sources all point out that he had reached the point of exhaustion. With this in mind, his flying skills would not be at their peak, he would be prone to making mistakes, and an adversary of lesser skill could be construed as an expert...it is all relative.


Don