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Re: Kurt Ubben's total, an explaination.
Dear Johannes,
I have read this thread with interest but cannot concur with your conclusions. There are several official sources and documents which show that Kurt Ubben was credited with at least 106 aerial victories until 15 Februay 1943.
Just to quote some of the a/m sources - the Tagesmeldungen of the FliVo of 16th and 18th Armies for September 1942 show his 90th and 91st claim.
A summary of the claims filed by III./JG77 between 8 and 31 January 1943 shows a total of 19 for the Gruppe, 4 of them by Ubben, his claims no. 99 to 102.
Tagesmeldungen of FliFü Afrika show # 93, a Hurricane on 5 November 1942 ( correct date 6 November 1942 ), # 100 and 101 on 14 January 1943 ( also mentioned in a German Wochenschau ), # 104 and 105 on 8 February 1943 and # 106 on 15 February 1943.
It seems rather unprobable that all these claim numbers were allocated if they were not backed by the corresponding confirmations. True, not all claims filed by fighter pilots can be found in the RLM Abschussfilme, but then JG 77 is one of the units that suffers from the greatest gaps in the films. And of course the number of - confirmed - claims does not necessarily reflect the true number of a/c that actually fell to Kurt Ubben.
KR
Jochen Prien
Last edited by Jochen Prien; 27th October 2020 at 21:47.
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