[JFM]

I knew that would be too tasty to resist!

You know what planes they flew and which type had the advantage--it was all those SE5a's against the lone F.I. Oh, wait a minute, that's when Voss was shot down. That's okay, though, since Lord-lovers love Voss because Voss lost.

During the MvR/McCudden engagement in which McCudden was forced to flee MvR's aggressive attacks by spinning down for thousands of meters and could not shake him until MvR broke off and gave him up for crashed, they were in a DH2 and Alb DII. It started head-on, with both men firing. I know McCudden had a jammed weapon after 20 shots and since he was surrounded by five SE5as--I mean Albs (D.Is, according to McC), he spun out. Prudent and sensible action, to be sure. At that point he and MvR were playing follow-the-leader, and McCudden could not elude what some people believe was a "mediocre" pilot. I don't believe MvR was mediocre; he was certainly good enough to keep up with McCudden.