jrk, ur way off.... The reason German pilots, or Aces, were so profficient, is that they flew missions until they died, or were too severely injured...
What country are u referring to as a "lame duck"???
Britian? Russia? America?
German Aces owned all those countries airforces for a period of time.... Only through thesheer # of Allied fighters, and the ability of the 8th to destroy so many fighters being built or on the ground, allowed the Allies to decimate the German fighter pilots ranks...
any pilot can become an ace when theyre country decides to attack another country that virtually has no military defence be it air sea or land
Really??? Any pilot??? How come only 2 pilots in Vietnam made Ace? How come there are no Aces form the 2 Iraq wars???
Point is, the Germans were fine tuning fighter tactics and their aircraft in 1938-39.... The Allies werent... The Germans had many experienced leaders and Aces when WWII officially broke out...
No one else did....
Plus they had Willie M and Kurt Tank on their side...