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Leo,
Back to the Datafile; should have mentioned this earlier. Mr. Grosz actually has a footnote that Osterkamp did NOT obtain his 25th and 26th victories, as claimed by Gray and Thetford (German Aircraft of the First World War, Putnam, p. 110). Grosz mentions that in his biography, Osterkamp claimed not to have flown the DVIII very much, "because it was too slow to maintain pace with the squadron aircraft (Fokker DVIII)."
More from the Datafile, Note 2, Page 5: "During a solitary EV familiarization flight, Osterkamp was jumped by three Spads, forcing him to bail out. Curiously, this important event is not recorded in the squadron war diary."
Rich
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