Surely best that they are all remembered for the remarkable men they were rather than who was “best”.

For my part, the humble Sgt John Smith who got a definite four, say, is every much a hero as the Baders Tucks, Johnsons and the Locks. If not more so.

Well said – I’ve ALWAYS felt the same way towards this – (one of my pet niggles…….)

In the IPMS circles I used to mix in, everyone under the age of 30 seemed obssesed with ‘Aces’ & building their planes….. (with me always griping the same argument/philosophy as quoted above, regarding ‘Joe-Average’ or ‘Johnny No-Kills’ being just as important).

Same happens on some of the American die-cast websites – which is probably WHY we’re treated to ENDLESS releases of (yet another) ‘Bud’ Anderson “Old Crow” P.51 Mustang…… instead of one flown by ‘anon’ in a more interesting colour-scheme (& other than the 357th).

Sorry Firebird – overlooked your last post, before writing this.
Glad you feel the same way 😎 😎 😎