[kettbo]

Thanks Juha. The RAF heads could not let the cat out of the bag and beat folks up for over claiming. But really, CALDWELL was very clear that many times that the RAF battle reports and claims were so far off that the were laughable. With my own military background, over-claiming/bragging/ fake awards and medals are frowned-on. People of this ilk are bad for morale especially if they are the leaders!

So people mention the Experten Flight, Bartels, always Hartmann comes up, and a few others when high-scoring LW pilots are mentioned. I'm curious about the RAF, Channel area fights after the Battle of Britain through end of 1942. Wondering if it was the aces, the new guys, or everybody over-claiming or can the over-claiming be traced to any specific bunch? Come to think of it, did Douglass Bader's claim raise eyebrows? I'm not current on who all the RAF honcho pilots are or where they served. IT could be a major undertaking to ferret all this out myself. I'm pretty sure few here could recite this info like a poem.