[Craig]

Gosh, it was just a theory. At least, that's how I saw it.

Any comment from anyone who isn't reflexively pro-RFC? I am obviously not, and I think that this probably - PROBABLY - happened pretty much as reported, with a little hair added later. The reservations thet persist are:

• An inherent distrust of the brass, propaganda-meisters and hero-makers.

• The RFC scoring record: as recorded vs. reality (or even CLOSE, for Pete's sake)

• Barker's reticence on the subject is only partially explained away by the "embarrassed to have been shot up" argument.

Notice that I don't mention The Holiest of Holy German Records? This argument, as well as the "overclaiming" question, are only partially dependent on them. And they were lost entirely for October 1918.