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I would also like to mention that had Voss had of course earned his PlM long before his fight with McCudden and Co.
I would also like to point out that the Germans gave Voss no posthumous award whatsoever for his final fight, even after they knew about it.
Had Voss been British or American, he would have almost certainly received a posthumous VC or MOH once the circumstances of his demise became known.
But he got nothing, zero from the Germans for this event. He had already earned his iron crosses and PlM for an exemplary record of sustained acheivement before his death.
Had he been a regular non ace German pilot and survived the fight he would have got no PlM unless he had reached a certain victory total as a result of the fight (again, sustained acheivement). For the fight itself he might have recieved a pat on the back, or the next higher level iron cross decoration if he were lucky.
Contrast with Barker who had a record of exemplary acheivement leading up to his final fight then got his big medal specifically for this act and not for the record of achievement leading up to it.
MDD
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