[glider1]

I admit that there is one thing that concerns me with this thread and that is the fixation on one person and nation. There is little doubt in my mind that the vast majority of claims were made with the best intentions and equally that some individuals of all nations went the extra step to boost their own scores with the active encouragement of what we would now call the Spin Doctors.

What does encourage me is the reaction of other pilots to those that went shall we say, the extra mile. That is of course almost contept. I have read about American, British, German and Japanese pilots who spoke with bitterness about such pilots. Unfortunately these comments don't get much publicity as the papers of the time wanted the 'good news' stories.