James Francis "Stocky" Edwards dead at 100. With 19 confirmed aerial victories, Edwards is Canada's highest scoring ace in the Western Desert Campaign

[basquebromance]

In fact German records show Edwards underclaimed - 22 victories had been confirmed by German records

 

[Toro]

I go to Comox often.

 

[yidnar]

In fact German records show Edwards underclaimed - 22 victories had been confirmed by German records

RIP

 

[whitehall]

It seems that flight "historians" who calculate the scores of WW2 fighter pilots seem to award German pilots big scores for shooting down Russian teenagers with about a week's flying experience. Kudos to the legacy of a genuine WW2 Canadian Ace hero.