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Reinout · 1 July 2009, 11:35 AM

Thank you Greg, I can always count on you!

Name recognition and infamy were possible reasons indeed. I wondered whether the number of phantom victories Franks and Giblin found for Muller, von Tutschek and Goering were a reason for including these aces in their series? Were their reputations already under suspicion?

I hadn't thought about the intensity of air fighting in 1918 influencing the series, but it sounds correct to me: if four Germans shoot down four Americans in September 1918, how are you ever going to match them?

I know that von Tutschek and Immelmann (or his family) published their war accounts and their victories feature prominently in those works. As a matter of fact, quotes from Sturme und Luftsiege by von Tutschek were used in the last book of the series.

Kind regards,

Reinout

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Reinout Forum Ace Join Date: Aug 1998 Location: Nijmegen Posts: 850	Thank you Greg, I can always count on you! Name recognition and infamy were possible reasons indeed. I wondered whether the number of phantom victories Franks and Giblin found for Muller, von Tutschek and Goering were a reason for including these aces in their series? Were their reputations already under suspicion? I hadn't thought about the intensity of air fighting in 1918 influencing the series, but it sounds correct to me: if four Germans shoot down four Americans in September 1918, how are you ever going to match them? I know that von Tutschek and Immelmann (or his family) published their war accounts and their victories feature prominently in those works. As a matter of fact, quotes from Sturme und Luftsiege by von Tutschek were used in the last book of the series. Kind regards, Reinout __________________ "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.