Originally Posted by
India Four Two
I was thinking along the same lines. A bit like the Luftwaffe getting operational experience in Spain pre-WWII.
To some extent. But many Luftwaffe fighter pilots resented the ex-Condor Legion old boys' clique, who they termed 'The Spaniards', who thought that they knew everything. For example, Galland was against having radio in fighters - wing waggles and pre-flight briefs had worked OK in Spain, so should suffice elsewhere....