Craig, the difference between 1917 and 2002 is 85 years. The world was MUCH different then than it is today. The idea of honour was different then than it is today.
Men held their honour to be more sacred than most do today. I DON'T doubt BB when he said he made a raid on a German Aerodrome on 2 June, 1917, because there is nothing to show me he was not a man of honour.
I may have doubts about his total score, but only because, after having talked to fighter pilots, I know they are prone to make mistakes on things like, oh AIRPLANE IDENTIFICATION and such, as well as the exact nature of the damage they caused.
Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
VBR.
Al Lowe