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Old 22nd May 2016, 10:29
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Re: German day fighter top aces by JG

Hi HGabor

I think what Michael is looking for are the claims of the individual. Whether or not the pilot is honest. Even an honest pilot will have thought to have destroyed an aircraft that crawls back to base. A fraudulent pilot might officially claim an aircraft that not only he didn't shoot-down, or attack, or even seen, but officially it's confirmed. No matter how bad it sounds, it's still official. Several Luftwaffe pilots submitted no claims for planes they shot-down for many reasons varying from didn't think they had to couldn't be bothered with the paper work.

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Johannes