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Originally Posted by Graham Boak
Just to put a little perspective on this, the suggested ratio of about 1 genuine to 3 claims is reasonably close to the overall values quoted for different air forces at different times. The majority of which is simple confusion in the complexity and rush of battle, rather than any deliberate falsity. With, as suggested above several times, a good dash of wishful thinking.
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Sorry Graham, but having compared losses to claims for a long time, 2 genuine to 3 claims seems more accurate. Two thirds instead of one third accuracy. Quite a lot of German pilots were even better than that, striking greater than 75% accuracy