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Old 9 October 2009, 10:26 PM   #29 (permalink)
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"Scientific Fighting"?

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Originally Posted by Gregvan View Post
Hi Russ,

Thanks for supplying all this great information.

As for Udet practicing "scientific fighting", what's wrong with that? Sounds very much like what McCudden and other greats have promoted. Inflict the greatest damage possible on the enemy, while exposing yourself and your Staffel comrades to the least amount of risk.

American ace Ken Porter put it rather more bluntly: "If you found yourself in a fair fight, you f%#*ed up."

Greg
Hi Greg,

I don't know about this "Scientific Fighting"(?).... It sounds an awful lot like Teutonic behavior to me!

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