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Silver
6th February 2004, 16:08
Was Marseille in WWII the best Fighter Pilot?

Yes I believe he was!

http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/LRG/hanstate.html



http://www.deutsches-afrikakorps.de/html/perso/hjm/ab1.htm
GregP
7th February 2004, 14:23
Tough to argue Marsellies. I tyhink he was one of the two or three best deflection shooters ever, along with Richard Bong, Marion Carl, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Sailor Malan.

There are verified reports of Bong getting 100% hits while shooting at a towed aerial target while simultaneously performing rolls.

Marseilles was certainly among the very best. Too bad he didn't make it through the war.