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Originally posted by Wolfkin
Hello John!
Perhaps we Canadians do not celebrate our war actions enough, so it is probably our own fault that actions involving Canadians are largely ignored. But when you think about it, a Canadian seems to have been involved in a lot of famous actions: Australian or Canadian got the Red Baron, Canadian got Rommel, Canadian got Wittmann. We Canadians should celebrate these actions more.
Jon Fitzgerald
Calgary,AB,Canada
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Truer words were never spoke! Canadians are known world wide as a self-effacing people, but damn it, every now and then we need to stand up, thump our chests, and proclaim to the world of our battle honours!!
One of my biggest bugbears is the German's claim that Richtofen was the greatest ace of WW I. Yes, Richtofen had the greatest number of CONFIRMED kills, but anyone who is a student of air combat knows how spurious Richtofen's claim is of being the ace with the greatest number of kills. The German pilots in WW I rarely ventured beyond No Mans Land, hence almost all of their claimed kills were confirmed by friendly troops on the ground. The Canadian pilots were made of sterner stuff and ventured far afield to find their foe ( a little alliteration there!) therefore had many kills that were never confirmed and not counted officially. Billy Bishop had many kills that were never counted, but if they were, his count would have far exceeded any other pilot who flew!
CHIMO!