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R & r.
Hi jsontag:
In several of the German air histories, German units transferred from the British Front to the French Front, considered they were going on rest and relaction leave. The French Aviation Militaire was the largest Air Force in the European war, yet they had the fewest aces. There were a few tigers but a lot of pussy cats. They were not agressive. I have often wondered if the German Command knew about the French mutinies in early 1917. They appreared not to know about them. The Aviation Militaire did not have the aggressive leaders like the RFC and RAF. When the deck was stacked against them, The RFC did not back down, i.e. April and May of 1917. The losses experienced by the RFC in April 1917 were never exprienced in WW2.
What the Aviation Militaire did was to develope higher organizations, The Air Division, that no other service developed. The organization developed in te RFC and RAF were second and the German organization was third. A Geschwader was equal to a Battalion which would have been command by a Lt.Colonel, but in the Luftstreitkräfte was commanded by a Hauptmann, (Captain). A Kofl, should have been a Brigadier-General, but was a Captain., The German organization did not go further than the Kommandeur Der Flieger at Army Brigade level.
Blue skies,
Dan-san
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