Weekly history tournament - Notable Fighter Aces of the World - closing Oct. 17

[UpperKEES]

This weeks theme has been selected by ctuna:

Notable Fighter Aces of the World

The maps to be played before Sunday October 17 at midnight (forum time) are:

Map	Date of birth	Ace	Accomplishment	Kills
1.	October 8, 1890	Eddie Rickenbacker	Highest scoring US WWI ace, Medal of Honor winner, CEO of Eastern Airlines	26
2.	May 2, 1892	Manfred von Richthofen	Highest scoring ace of WWI, Snoopy's nemesis	80
3.	September 24, 1920	Dick Bong	Highest scoring US ace, Medal of Honor winner	40
4.	August 18, 1921	Lydia Litvyak	Higher scoring of the only two female aces	12
5.	April 19, 1922	Erich Hartmann	Highest scoring ace in history	352

The winner (best total score) gets to pick next weeks theme. If we have the same winner as last week, the runner up (#2) will pick the theme. See here for the rules and an overview of themes.

Please post your progress/total scores in this topic to ease the calculations at the end of the week.

Good luck and enjoy! :)

[Kamron3]

4.   
August 18, 1921
Lydia Litvyak   Higher scoring of the only two female aces   12

That is absolutely hilarious.

Compared to the lowest amount on the table and the highest amount on the table, that number is laughable.

[ctuna]

Well, there weren't many female fighter pilots anywhere (my admittedly limited research has revealed none in the US, Britain or Germany) she was a Russian, and they didn't have the best records in the fighter business in WWII, and, they were up against Hartmann (best ever), who reportedly got most of his kills against the Russians, and, she might have gotten as many as 17, depending on your source.

[Katra]

*First score posted on all 5. Yay for Wednesday thru Friday/Saturday work week.* ;)

Oct.  8, 1890    9072   6:08
May  2, 1892    9599   2:30
Sep 24, 1920    9742   1:35
Aug 18, 1921    9672   2:02
Apr 19, 1922     9387   3:55
                    47472

Rather fitting that 4 of the 5 required some fancy flying. Especially the last.  ;D (Three fools mates this week.)

[ctuna]

Mine, so far
1.   October 8, 1890                  9486   3:15
2.   May 2, 1892                       9719   1:44
3.   September 24, 1920             9734   1:38
4.   August 18, 1921                  9690   1:55
5.   April 19, 1922                    9486    3:15

   Totals:                             48115   11:47
Final update (probably).

[UpperKEES]

Well, there weren't many female fighter pilots anywhere (my admittedly limited research has revealed none in the US, Britain or Germany) she was a Russian, and they didn't have the best records in the fighter business in WWII, and, they were up against Hartmann (best ever), who reportedly got most of his kills against the Russians, and, she might have gotten as many as 17, depending on your source.

It seems the Russians introduced emancipation a bit earlier than the western world. Not that strange with Karl Marx being one of the first to write about it.

Compared to the lowest amount on the table and the highest amount on the table, that number is laughable.

When looking at the numbers I'm more surprised by the rather low amount of US kills (although I realize they got involved later on during both wars).

[Katra]

Compared to the lowest amount on the table and the highest amount on the table, that number is laughable.

When looking at the numbers I'm more surprised by the rather low amount of US kills (although I realize they got involved later on during both wars).

From what I've read there were two main factors leading to US aces having lower scores.

1. In WW2 the axis (esp. German) aces were in a seriously target rich environment against generally less capable aircraft. The US aces were in areas with fewer targets.

2. The US normally pulled experienced pilots out of combat after a relatively short tour of duty. (Promoted and/or assigned to train new pilots.)

[UpperKEES]

My final results:

Map	Date	Score	Time
1.	October 8, 1890	9561	2:45
2.	May 2, 1892	9734	1:38
3.	September 24, 1920	9769	1:25
4.	August 18, 1921	9713	1:46
5.	April 19, 1922	9612	2:25
	Totals:	48389	9:59

Yeah! Finally did 5 maps in less than 10 minutes! :P

[UpperKEES]

Two more days!

When the #1 and #2 stay the same (ctuna & me), the #3 will pick next weeks theme. For now this is Katra, so you may want to start thinking about it.... :)

[Fisherck]

Finished all the maps, though hopefully, I will be able to drop a bit more time.

Map	Date	Score	Time
1.	October 8, 1890	9488	3:14
2.	May 2, 1892	9700	1:51
3.	September 24, 1920	9674	2:01
4.	August 18, 1921	9687	1:56
5.	April 19, 1922	9554	2:48
	Totals:	48103	11:50

Okay, you win, I have homework to do. Bad excuse to tell the teacher I did not do my homework because I was trying to drop a couple seconds to get second place in a creeper world tournament. ;D Your just to good ctuna.  ;)

[UpperKEES]

There we go, moved to second, I think...

Nice! When you keep that spot you can pick next weeks theme, as you should have 2 weeks ago. This will allow me to get rid of my bad feeling due to bypassing you! If anyone deserves this it's you with 3 third places and 2 second spots.

Edit: well, a third place (again!) also does the job.... ctuna indeed has become a very good player too!

[Fisherck]

Edit: well, a third place (again!) also does the job.... ctuna indeed has become a very good player too!

You can say that again! 3rd place :P. And yes, ctuna has become a very good player.

[ctuna]

Congrats, Fisherck, and, of course, Kees. I still seem to be missing either a general concept or some timimg/energy issues, when Kess can beat my best (lots of tries) times by almost 2 minutes on essentially 2 maps. I'm really curious to see Kees' solutions to the first and last of these.

[UpperKEES]

Congrats, Fisherck, and, of course, Kees.

Congrats to you as well with your second second place in a row. :) Funny, a tuna beats a fisher! ;)

Because the top 2 is the same as last week Fisherck will pick next weeks theme. I've already received his selection by PM and will publish it after posting the final results.

I still seem to be missing either a general concept or some timimg/energy issues, when Kess can beat my best (lots of tries) times by almost 2 minutes on essentially 2 maps. I'm really curious to see Kees' solutions to the first and last of these.

This week it was struggling for every second.... I'll post my solutions later on today. I should really try to remember to make screenshots when the rift opens.

[UpperKEES]

Tournament Results

Rank	Player	Total Score
1.	UpperKEES	48389
2.	ctuna	48115
3.	Fisherck	48103
4.	Katra	47805
5.	L'ythelle	46710
6.	Izz	46165
7.	Pezzle	46002
8.	RandyTravis	45081
9.	chretip	44302
10.	Frogger	36614*
11.	Richie Rich	09687*

* Did not finish all maps.


Next weeks theme has been selected by Fisherck and will be: World Records for Running Events.