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Reinout · 30 June 2009, 12:19 PM

Dear Forumites,

Having recently finished reading the final book in the N.Franks and H.Giblin "Under the Guns of the..." series, I could not help but wonder why certain aces starred in the books. Of course, MvR deserved his own book, but the other two books showed very little of a red line, so my question is: why were these aces selected? The other ones were: Immelmann,

LvR,

Werner Voss,

Hermann Goering,

Erwin Bohme, Max Ritter von Muller,

Kurt Wolff and

Adolf Ritter von Tutschek. It all seems so haphazard, without any connection. If MvR, LvR and Wolff signified a Jasta 11 connection, why were Allmenroder and Schafer left out? Why not the top 10 German aces? Why only one early ace?

I have a feeling it has partly to do with the victims of these aces being almost exclusively from the British Commonwealth instead of the French or Belgians, meaning researching their biographies is easier. I have some more ideas, but I'd like to hear your opinions first!

Kind regards,

Reinout

Edit: corrected silly errors...

30 June 2009, 12:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Reinout Forum Ace Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Nijmegen Posts: 850	Choice of aces in "Under the Guns..." series? Dear Forumites, Having recently finished reading the final book in the N.Franks and H.Giblin "Under the Guns of the..." series, I could not help but wonder why certain aces starred in the books. Of course, MvR deserved his own book, but the other two books showed very little of a red line, so my question is: why were these aces selected? The other ones were: Immelmann, LvR, Werner Voss, Hermann Goering, Erwin Bohme, Max Ritter von Muller, Kurt Wolff and Adolf Ritter von Tutschek. It all seems so haphazard, without any connection. If MvR, LvR and Wolff signified a Jasta 11 connection, why were Allmenroder and Schafer left out? Why not the top 10 German aces? Why only one early ace? I have a feeling it has partly to do with the victims of these aces being almost exclusively from the British Commonwealth instead of the French or Belgians, meaning researching their biographies is easier. I have some more ideas, but I'd like to hear your opinions first! Kind regards, Reinout Edit: corrected silly errors... __________________ "Despite living in a country where soft drugs, prostitution, euthanasia and gay-marriage are all legal, I've never felt any inclination towards any of the four." R.Hubbers, 2004.