[VtwinVince]

I think these claims do have to be valuated on a unit by unit basis, and the issue of competition between them would naturally play a role. I believe that my uncle, who was 'Abschuss-Offizier' with JG 27 in the spring\summer of 1942, was sent packing by Edu Neumann for raising objections to the claims being made by Sawallisch\Stigler\Bendert et al. I got absolutely nowhere when I corresponded with Neumann in the 1980's, so in my opinion he was still 'covering' for this sordid affair.