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Many of us believe that Popkin leads the list of suspects answering the question of 'Who' did it, but it seems to me that when you go beyond MvR and look at WHAT caused the destruction of many other skilled German pilots in this time period, the conclusion to be drawn is a combination of several factors: the Dr1 was being outperformed by latest British planes, and the jastafliegers were showing signs of battle fatigue as a result of the fact that they were not rotated in and out of active duty.
RD, the fact that German pilots fought against great numerical odds in both wars accounts for the fact that German pilots scored greater numbers of victories. This is just common sense, they had many more targets to shoot at, so they were bound to score more. On top of this, German pilots werent rotated in and out of service like their British counterparts, so they spent alot more time in battle.
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