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Re: In hindsight, who was the top day scorer?
Agree with you Nick, but I will rather say the question is "who died then" or "who was there" than "who shot down who". I myself try to include people who were in the air and on the ground in my stories.
Leendert, there are sniper aces, tank killer aces, tank crew aces, submarine aces and so on. Most of the claims in ground war are very difficult to prove one way or the other. For instance, overclaiming on tanks can be huge because a lot of tanks were recovered and repaired.
Most unit histories will also list their global claims, that are AFAIK often if not everytime too great to be true.
On the other hand what/who sank what has been studied in depth for WWII and is clear for most cases, at least regarding ship vs ship (including submarines). Also crew casualties are available for many cases.
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