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Old 2 February 2000, 02:40 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Hugh:
Exactly what I had in mond. Guns were added to airplanes not to shoot down other airplanes similarly armed, but in an effort to keep Recon planes from doing their duty. It seems it is hard for some people to grasp this fact. Recall the threads where some contributors thought that the downing of a fighter was a more valuable kill than the elimination of a recon plane or an artillery spotter. The main job of the fighter was the elimination of the enemy two-seaters. Shooting down other fighters was a secondry consideration.
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