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Old 30 August 1998, 07:20 PM #8 (permalink)
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MvR was under Boelcke in the early days and Boelckes idea of air superiority was destroying the observation and spotter planes , MvR picked up on that , i think it predominantly depended on what happened to be in the air when they were patrolling.

As to rating against peers , a good pilot is an effective pilot and history shows the leading aces to be effective pilots , they consistently defeated their enemies in the air which is what a scout pilot was there for.

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