[Nick Hector]

Johannes has made an interesting point that I would like to build upon somewhat.

1) We all know that pilots of all airforces made victory claims that were submitted in paper form to unit intellingence officers and the like and it's fair to say that pilots did not award confirmation to their own victory claims. It was done for them.

Conclusion: lots of pilots have been labelled "fraudulent" (...or whatever...) but nobody seems to have yet made mention of the fact that an intelligence officer had to grant confirmation. Should we now call them "gullible"....?

2) Nobody on this forum or anywhere else that I have seen has been inclined to brand a pilot who had many known unconfirmed claims as a "fraudster" or "liar" when so many such unconfirmed claims show that some pilots submitted paperwork that ultimately could not be substantiated to the point that the victory was granted 'confirmed' status.

Conclusion: does having lots of unconfirmed claims therefore make a pilot a "fraudster" who was "caught out"...?

...Thanks for taking the time to read this post. I hope I have put a smile on your face...