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Plagiarism or permitted copying?

Much of this article seems to be a straight lift (copy and paste)from the RAF page quoted as a reference, is this OK or would a summary and a link to the RAF page be better? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ppeetteerr (talk • contribs) 09:55, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As the RAF Page isn't public domain, a copy (whether acknowledged or not), which is what much of the article is (i.e the paragraphs 2nd formation and 3rd formation) is not acceptable.Nigel Ish (talk) 10:07, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Two aces

Mid-way through the 'Interwar' sub-section, the following appears.

Although it was not a fighter unit, the squadron did have at least two aces serve in it: Samuel Kinkead and Charles Green.

Whilst correct, without lengthy clarification this is potentially disingenuous, probably accidentally.

47 Squadron flew a mixture of aircraft, including fighter types. So 'not a fighter unit' is only 50% correct.
Kinkead is credited with 33 victories, but all of these occurred before he served with 47 Squadron.
Green is credited with 11 victories, of which only the first of these occurred whilst flying with 47 Squadron. (on a technicality, it was a half or shared victory with another pilot from 47)

So, they were both aces, who at one point flew with 47, but that isn't how they became aces. If they had gone on to become politicians or movie-stars or whatever, and it was stated that at one point they had flown with 47 sqdn, there would be no confusion. But because they were aces, and because they had the opportunity to fly fighter aircraft whilst with 47, the situation could be misinterpreted too easily.

There is no indication that their contribution to 47 Squadron history is significantly greater than that of any of the otherwise unidentified pilots, so is this name-check really helping the article? Plus one served with 47 during the war, and the other during the interwar period, so where should this tidbit sit anyway? WendlingCrusader (talk) 18:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]