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Old 20th November 2020, 12:59
Franek Grabowski Franek Grabowski is offline
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Re: Hartmann: claims vs. victories

The myth of German fighter pilots was created in 1950s, when West Germany was about to join NATO, and some positive PR was necessary. Hence the stress on a high scores against Soviets. Actually, German pilots overclaimed, sometimes heavily, but due to loss of paperwork it is not possible to make a proper assessment. This applies to ETO, where no proper scrutiny was ever made.
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