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Re: Airfield Strafing Victims
Don - you have a conundrum here. The designation of victory credits on the ground toward ace status was entirely in the hands of the 8th AF Victory Credits Board. The sole source for those credits are from that domain.
While it would be interesting to have All the Luftwaffe records for all the locations and all the days available for comparison - assigning a German aircraft actually destroyed to a specific pilot as an 'adjusted credit' - there is no possibility of that.
If the author is developing a book on strafing aces he has to rely on 8th AF VCB as his sole source. Accuracy is not as important as the actual Credit given by the VCB.
I know you know this and were just fishing for some reliable sources wherever they may be...
Regards,
Bill
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