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Old 02-22-2013, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by jameson View Post
How many ww2 pilots had read Shaw?
Obviously none. However, most of them had probably heard of the dicta:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicta_Boelcke

or read Malan's rules:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_...f_Air_Fighting

Shaw's work is a superb compilation of what went before.