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Re: Erich Hartmann: verifiable claims
Guys, the devil is always in the details. "His (Hartmann's) tally of 352 is based on the same criteria as Lipfert's tally of 203, Wolfrum’s of 137, etc." - great, but here, it is completely irrelevant. The title of this thread is "Erich Hartmann: verifiable claims". Not the methods, not the excuses, not the administration, not the corrupt offices, not ... whatever, - but the VERIFIABLE CLAIMS. We all know how many credits Hartmann and others got. It is not the question here. We just want to know the TRUTH, - maybe first time in history. Let’s leave the numbers behind and focus on the claims and the confirmed losses and see where we go... Because it is so disturbing to see that we talk about claims, methods, all kinds of excuses, while the huge difference between certain pilots’ reliability is hardly visible anywhere. Nobody said that this job is small. Nobody said that everybody will like it. Surely, it is huge and to be fair, this should be done for all aces/pilots, not just for Hartmann. But because it can be done just by one small step at a time, it doesn't mean that we should not even start it. 70+ years passed since the war and perhaps all of us will be long time dead by the time when future historians finish this job. (Frankly, I do not care.) I can offer my contribution to the 1944-45 battles in the Hungarian skies. Thanks for all who helps with his/her part.
Cheers,
Gabor
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