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| Message header | Area/Game: | Blue Max | | Topic: | Other | | Subject: | Re: When CAN you retire - and keep your dignity? | | Posted by: | The Celtic Blade  - 20years ago. |
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| Message text SirFrancis wrote:
I had no idea people might do such a thing as discuss tactics outside of the game; such people already have no dignity!
James McCudden wrote some fascinating memoirs, and he often makes it clear that you flew as a team:
"I saw Johnson being closely engaged by 2 V-strutters. I drove one off at 200 yds by firing some shots and closed to 30 yards on the 2nd Hun, opened fire with both guns."
There are many such instances of rescuing friends.
That said, it's true that pilots were very aggressive generally speaking, and usually attacked individually.
SirFrancis
You're right to a fair degree. I tend to take Edward 'Mick' Mannock as my model. Teamwork and formation flying until the point of contact with the enemy. After that it's get the buggers any which way.
The fairly short life expectancy of rookie pilots may be a reflection of their combat experience but may also be a reflection of the lack of protection pilots thought to give each other in combat.
These were still very early days for the development of aerial tactics and, pre-radio, co-ordination would be damned difficult once battle was joined. |
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