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Originally Posted by Marius
Yes, I am writing for "Militaria XX wieku " magazine. But also I have written a couple of articles for "Lotnictwo Wojskowe" (now "Lotnictwo"). After my last article for Lotnictwo magazine (fighter unit III/4) there were many turbulences in Poland, because I openly wrote about some manipulations made by Polish autors and fighter pilots as well (Skalski, Pniak). Some people say I am anti polish (!?), or that I have ignored Polish sources, but it isn`t true. I think these people are very disappointed and don`t want accept German archive records, which are more reliable than Polish.
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Here we come to the key of the problem. You openly accused the late Stanisław Skalski of making a false claim after arrival to the UK and that Polish authors support this lie. You have written that, ignoring available Polish documents like actual combat reports, diary of the unit, daily reports, etc., all filed during the September 1939. Whenever Polish documents do not fit your research, you call them unreliable. For you even a German propaganda booklet has more value than Polish accounts. Actually, judging by your bibliography, Polish documents are much more complete rather than German ones, despite serious losses during evacuation.
Another important note is that it is not the 'revised' result of air combats taht causes most controversies but your comments, shortly claiming that the Polish pilots were poorly trained cowards and murderers.
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Cynk`s book has many errors concerning the Luftwaffe details (I mean the Polish campaign). He stated about 100 destroyed German planes by Polish fighters, but after appr. 15 years of my research I actually can confirm only 40-45 (destroyed 60-100%). Cynk only operated with the GQM loss list and for example did not researched for hours of German operations or even places were the planes crashed. For example he stated about a He 111 lost in the Kutno area as a claim for 123 squadron over Warsaw (!!).
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Jim is reffering to the PAF history published by Schiffer, an another book. Paraphrasing your own words, the books title is:
Polish fighter arm in the September battle. The German data is attached to add some background to the history of operations of the Polish fighters. Bulk of the text is an extremally detailed day by day history of operations. Extensive quotes of many documents causes the book may be used as a document source. Slightly more expensive than the Luftwaffe but a great value for money. Highly recommended.
Number of actual German losses I consider disputable. Cynk just only revised Polish claims, sorting them out, according to available documents. Several observed victories are not confirmed by the German documents despite some evidence, like the case of a bomber aircraft claimed by III/4 DM on 2 September. A parachute was observed but no losses were recorded, at least according to your research.
There is also another important and valid point for this thread. According to the period Polish documents, III/4 DM fought on 4 September with two engined aircraft. Descriptions suggest they were Me 110s and likely they scored at least one kill. Mr Emmerling did not find any involved German unit, thus suggested the Poles invented the combat with such aircraft. Sorry, it is ridiculous!
PS This discussion may look a little bit weird but it is strictly related to the article on III/4 DM and the following discussion that was published in Poland.