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How is it "far to general"?give the definition of ace.If you mean a 5 kill german pilot to a 5 kill alleid pilot then there are hundreds, propaply thousands cases
If you mean famous aces, still there are dozens oc cases. Maresille alone shot down several desert air force aces. In the defence of the reich several german aces were lost to future american aces ( of course that fighting was not on equal terms)
Your question is far too general
Which looks like a pretty straight forward question....how many german aces faced allied aces in aerial combat that is able to be confirmed by records...
How is it "far to general"?
he asked:
Which looks like a pretty straight forward question.
Well let me go back and read his original question...No it is not.If he does not make more specific the term 'Aces". If he means 5+ kills for each side ,then there are hundreds of cases.
Just in the book, "the war diary of jg26" there are many such cases.
Of coure , in the lw 5 kills , did not make you an experte
doesn't specify "how many aces with 100 kills versus aces with 27 kills" or "how many aces in green aircraft versus aces in brown aircraft"...it asks HOW MANY ACES...an ace being credited with 5+ victories.how many german aces faced allied aces in aerial combat
No it is not.If he does not make more specific the term 'Aces". If he means 5+ kills for each side ,then there are hundreds of cases.
Just in the book, "the war diary of jg26" there are many such cases.
Of coure , in the lw 5 kills , did not make you an experte
Hello,
Werner Molders shot down by René Pomier Layrargues (1V + 5 shared v.) on 5 June 1940 and himself shot down and killed during this combat mission.
Yeah, now I'm not sure how the Bf109 or Fw190 could be mistaken for the He113 (He100). It's size and shape set it apart from the Bf109 and of course, the Fw190 was distinctive by several features including a radial engine.I notice he claims the second combat was with A He 113.
Yeah, now I'm not sure how the Bf109 or Fw190 could be mistaken for the He113 (He100). It's size and shape set it apart from the Bf109 and of course, the Fw190 was distinctive by several features including a radial engine.
I could understand the mistake by a spotter or parhaps a crew member aboard a bomber, but this encounter (and several other dogfights where an He113 were identified) was a close range.
I'd like to point out that that same 19 year old fighting for his life could be shooting at Spitfires as easily as Bf109s if his eyesight is that bad...I'd like to point out the circumstances surrounding your routine identification of different aircraft vary somewhat with those of a 19-year old fighting for his life in 1940.