Interesting article about Top Gun

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Good points, Bewolf. I would, however, take exception to the conclusion of masses of inexperienced pilots overwhelming the pros. Part of the American 100-mission (not 25 - that was just for bomber crews) rotation was to have the experts teach the novices what they learned. If you take any limited time-frame and compare the best pilots from any nation, you will find that within the same periods the scores were about the same.

Yes. I'd say the sheer number of missions flown by the Luftwaffe pilots was the biggest factor in their high number of kills compared to other nations pilots in WWII.