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Thursday, July 27, 2006

Famous flying ace no hotshot after all
Two researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles claims that German aces including the Red Baron achieved their kills by luck rather than skill.

They studied the records of all German fighter pilots of WW1 and found they often scored easy victories against poorly armed or less manoeuvrable aircraft.

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