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Originally Posted by MW Giles
It does not matter if one side claimed 1000 shot down, it is just a claim and an indication of how successful they feel they have been (rightly or wrongly).
What matters is did they collectively move in a positive direction toward achieving and maintaining air superiority.
There I said it, just waiting for the bolt of lightning and the ground to open up beneath my feet.
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I'd argue that it matters for the researcher/historian to try and work out what actually happened. League tables don't interest me in the slightest and my perspective on Hartmann is that even if he "only" shot down (say) 70 aircraft, he was still a massively successful fighter pilot.