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15th April 2007, 23:30

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Re: Luftwaffe shared victories (was: Hartmann ....352 victories or 80?)

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Originally Posted by chris schmitz

But isnt it an fact that the German fighter pilots where better than the allied ...

The Germans lost the war, so having "better fighter pilots" doesn't seem to have been of much help, does it? Having a small percentage of high scorers is not the same as having an effective fighter force. Stephen Bungay's book about the Battle of Britain "The Most Dangerous Enemy" has a very interesting discussion of this question.

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