The military of many countries often give a large award to someone who has done a unique achievement. Once the threshold has been crossed, and others learn how to do the same, the threshold rises. A good example of this was Albert Ball VC, who shot down the first Zeppelin in an airplane. After that, the Zeppelins weremuch easier to kill, and the awards dropped to DFC or lesser. By the same token, during WW2, the original Allied bomber crews were done after 20 or 25 missions, but that steadily rose to about 35 by the end of the war.
How was in this film you had to get 40 kills to get the Blue Max, But in the film the Blue Max it was 20?
The military of many countries often give a large award to someone who has done a unique achievement. Once the threshold has been crossed, and others learn how to do the same, the threshold rises. A good example of this was Albert Ball VC, who shot down the first Zeppelin in an airplane. After that, the Zeppelins weremuch easier to kill, and the awards dropped to DFC or lesser. By the same token, during WW2, the original Allied bomber crews were done after 20 or 25 missions, but that steadily rose to about 35 by the end of the war.