Of course Marseille was a show off, he was 18 when he started combat operations on channel coast. How mature were you when you were 18? I spent a lot of time drinking beer myself. It amazes me that these fighter pilots,( most notably Von Richthofen ), are put under the microscope for "correct" behaviour. They were kids. Buerling was a show off, so what?, he could do it! Dizzy Dean said; if you can do it, it ain't braggin. Don't mean to sound negative, just my 2 cents.