In WWII, the Army Air Corps noticed that every squadron had several pilots who were far more effective at shooting down enemy airplanes than the rest of the pilots. They set out to see if they could find a commonality between the highly effective pilots.
They looked at personality. Nothing. An aggressive, gregarious pilot might not be better than a quiet, introverted man.
Education? A highly educated pilot might not be more successful than one who barely met the minimum education requirements to be a pilot.
Physical stature? Didn't make any difference.
They finally figured it out. Almost all of the pilots who were highly successful at shooting down enemy airplanes were farm boys from the Midwest. They grew up shooting pheasants and ducks on the wing, and when in a fighter plane shooting at an enemy plane they instinctively built in the proper elevation and azimuth lead angles.
Kinda interesting. But, you have to realize that in those days a gun sight in a fighter plane may not have been anything more than an "X" drawn inside the windshield with a grease pencil.
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