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Re: justified RAF claims vs hard kills
With respect to Caldwell. I frequently found JG 26 claims contained in Woods List to be close to USAAF losses for the claim times and places - not so much for most of LuftFlotte 3 and Reich.
US Bomber claims were simply utter nonsense for most of the war but the computing gun sights seemed to have helped close the gap.
I heavily researched both sides for March 6, 8, 16; April 8, 11, 13 19 22 24 and 29,;May 8 12 13 22 28 29 30 31; June 20, 21, 29; July 7, 28; August 3, 5, 6, 16, 18, 25; Sept 11, 12, 27; November 2, 21, 26; Dec 5, 25; Jan 1, 14; Feb 9, 23; Mar 1, 19, 24, 31; April 7, 8 21 for my 355th History to get a sense of AAF VC versus LW actual losses. I found the major category of variation was an 8th AF claim of 'destroyed' when a fighter crash landed w/o follow up strafing, whereas the LW might record Damaged <60% and therefore repaired.
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