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“Shooting genius” James McCudden owed his success in aerial combat to precision, patience and perseverance. At 14,000 feet, the air above Armentières, France, was thin and cold, but that didn’t bother British Captain James McCudden on September 19, 1917. His full attention was focused on a black spot below, a German Rumpler two-seater he was …
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