[Alfred.MONZAT]

Perfectly said Andrew Arthy. I found dangerous to disregard claims because they did not proceed to all the confirmation steps. That was previously done to discredit the victories claimed by the Armée de l'Air during the Westfeldzug as most did not get time to be "confirmed" by the High Command before the surrender.

I also always wondered from where (Flugbuch ? Post-war interview ?) those "unconfirmed" claims mentioned in the bios of a dozen of Experten. They do not appears (as V.N.E. - A.S.M. or something else) in their tally or in Tony Wood transcription of the microfilms (as far as I know).

I also concur that the accurency of Hartmann should be put in context, either by comparing to the accurency of other Experten flying in similar conditions or to the other members of his unit.