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As for not having damage, I'll remind some of you of a WWII Japanese ace, who at the time, only had the use of ONE EYE, was flying a Zero (A6M5 I believe) and was being chased and shot at all over the sky by Hellcats.
When he landed his bird after a particularly harrowing mission, he found he had only one hole in the whole damn machine.
And he was flying against aircraft faster and basically better than his Zero.
Bishop had the Better machine, for the most part. His SE-5A had the edge on speed over most, if not all of his opponents. He was already a veteran of the war, and most adept at the hunting routine. I'm sure there were some who would have been surprised if he'd come back with much more than flak damage.
VBR,
Al Lowe
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Al Lowe
The Billy Bishop Zone
The posession of arms is the distinction between a Freeman and a slave.
- MP Andrew Fletcher, 1698
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