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Sorry D but you are well wide of the mark. I'm not surprised. And I think if anyone would stick up for B it would have been Jack Scott.
Someone stated that they didn't think the opinions of people who were in 60 at the time carries any weight, that it's just hearsay. Maybe I'm a funny kind of a bloke but I think that the these people's opinions carry an awful lot of weight as evidence. The fact that these opinins were held during B's time with 60, and after, gives them credence in my eyes. And don't forget these opinions were held throughout the RFC. The views of B's contemporaries can't just be shrugged aside. As for the victories. Dear old Ed Ferko did a pretty extensive job on researching these and I'd bet my wife - yes, I said wife, not life - that he has more German records than Al Lowe, Graves or anyone else outside of Alex I. Ed tried very hard and I know he took a very unbiased view, but came up with not a single victory which could be even remotely credited. This is very unusual. When someone's victories are in doubt there are always - especially with such a large number as 75 - that there will be instances of 'this could have been, this probably was', type of thing. To my mind the sheer weight of evidence against B is simply overwhelming. And frankly my dear, I don't give a damn, either way.
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