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Originally Posted by Stormfighter
My question is, did American or British receive points or credit for shooting German a/c out of formation? I don't think they did, but want to here what others have to say.
Barry
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No- The US credited 'destroyed' for a/c that clearly could not sustain flight and confirmed by a witness of camera... i.e blew up, lost a wing, pilot bailed out, completely enveloped in flames or seen to crash. The latter credit is where many questions arise as the LW recovered and repaired some crash landed aircraft.
It was possible for a pilot to be KIA while successfully C/L his aircraft and the LW, if the a/c could be repaired, would not record it as a loss..
For a 'destroyed' claim (i.e. "on fire and disappeared into cloud", "last seen in an inversted spin", last seen on fire - the award was usually "probable'.. all other in which structural or other damages was evidenced but not confirmed as Destroyed or credited as "probable' was awarded "Damaged'