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steven brown · 18 July 2009, 04:03 PM

Old Man,
It's good to see you reenter the lists.

Thanks for that paragraph in your post #123 about French fighter tactical patterns. It would be wonderful if you could expand on your comments. I think your point about all doctrines used during WW1 being experimental is quite valid. Without question, the British set the bar quite high as regards aggressiveness as an institutional characteristic. In all of avaition history, other air forces have equaled it, but none have surpassed it. I'm not particularly surprised that the French went their own tactical way. As for the comments of the German pilots, after having faced the high tempo of the British front, anywhere else may have seemed something of a rest.

18 July 2009, 04:03 PM	#129 (permalink)
steven brown Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 245	Old Man, It's good to see you reenter the lists. Thanks for that paragraph in your post #123 about French fighter tactical patterns. It would be wonderful if you could expand on your comments. I think your point about all doctrines used during WW1 being experimental is quite valid. Without question, the British set the bar quite high as regards aggressiveness as an institutional characteristic. In all of avaition history, other air forces have equaled it, but none have surpassed it. I'm not particularly surprised that the French went their own tactical way. As for the comments of the German pilots, after having faced the high tempo of the British front, anywhere else may have seemed something of a rest.