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Happy New Year Vin: 1. Did Monks ever name any of those RAF flyboys who would have made a clay idol of MvR, and did he list their victory records? 2. In all of WWII was there ever an RAF ace who downed more than 80 aircraft, and did Monks list who they were? 3. It seems obvious that Monks is making statements unsupported by any evidence to support his assertions; and they reflect the propaganda of the times and the censors razor. 4. The 'lame duck' analogy works both ways, if one considers that the Allies had (from mid-1916 to April 1918) aircraft that were superior in design and numbers to the Albatros, the DRI, etc until the Fokker DVII put them to the test: so it could be said that MvR was a 'lame duck' flying an obsolete triplane, who shot down-not only other 'lame ducks-but equally brave pilots in superior ships-until his luck ran out. 5. I keep hopeing that someone will make a study of the substandard pilots, and what were the traits that caused them to be non-aces: And I am not talking about cowards but reasonbaly brave men who did not conform to spec. Kindest regards from Billy H/12/30/99.
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