Thanks Johannes
Yes JG 5 was more or less fighting their own side show battles up around Petsamo - Murmansk area, almost becoming a 'club' of their own.
It is difficult for me to be sure of how their claims relate, with so little coming out from Russia in English regarding their own losses.
The odd thing with JG 5 is that some days their claims seems to tally pretty well while other dates don't tally at all.
Hopefully more books will both be translated and published in the future. Some Russian 'authorities' seem to think the best way forward is to discredit the German claims instead of researching their own side in detail. I find myself thinking that is the worst way to go and only stops the truth to come out.
As a reader I am very much capable to understand if a pilot on any side is what you call honest or not
But hopefully we will get in the future, a team of both western and Russian authors who will produce books in the style of Shores et al with their research of the Mediterranean area! Bergström has tried with the help of some Russians, but I think his try is not quite what I am looking for.
Cheers
Stig