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Old 29 December 1999, 03:02 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Ooops: forgot to include this subject in the above reply. The reason that Putnam appears with 6.00 in Study 133, etc., is because the survey is limited to pilots in the US Air Service. Putnam's first 6 victories were obtained as a French NCO; he (like many other Yanks) then put on Uncle Sugar's uniform and continued flying and scoring in allied squadrons before finally joining the USAS. The same thing happened in WW Deuce but far less often.
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