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Old Man,
Once again a comment of yours has cleared the muddle of my half informed impressions. Until now it had escaped my attention that the purpose of the Jastas was to be intercepters defending the rear areas. That would explain MvR's comment about letting the customer into the shop, and also explain the Jastas not penetrating British airspace on a regular basis. I guess my next question would be wheather this strategy changed in 1918. I believe that the German army adopted a defensive stance from the end of Verdun until the spring of 1918 when they went over to the offense. Would it be true to say the same for the Jastas?
Your debate with Bristol about the overall picture of the war is quite interesting. I think I'll wait for the two of you to break a few more lances before I foolishly express my opinion.
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