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   From: SolomonW@citi.com   
      
   On Thu, 21 Nov 2019 00:00:29 +1100, Phil McGregor wrote:   
      
   > Lack of experience was, indeed, a problem ... but it was lack of   
   > *combat* experience rather than lack of *flight* experience. They were   
   > sending newly trained pilots to operational units,   
      
      
      
      
   In the book "The most dangerous enemy by Stephen Bungay" on p373, there   
   is a short discussion on this question. He does not state the reasons why   
   exactly, but he is firm that these British replacement pilots were not   
   nearly as good as the old one.   
      
      
      
   Having said that, this problem would have affected the Germans too. Their   
   replacement pilots would need time to learn, which is basically what you   
   said.   
      
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