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Old 24th May 2023, 17:34
Stig Jarlevik Stig Jarlevik is offline
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Re: 602 Squadron claims 16 August 1940

Reading these accounts one has to wonder both about the ORB and researchers reading them.
The book by McRoberts obviously mix two combats together making the book quite weak in my opinion
(see below)

1) Claim by Webb. The book by McRoberts state this was during lunch time. However no one else says that.
His claim is listed by everyone else at 17.10H!

2) Claims by 602Sq at/around 17.10H
The ORB proudly exclaim a total of seven Me 110 and one He 111 as destroyed plus two He 111
as probables.
Unless Perry and Foreman are totally hopeless in reading 602 Sq ORB (or maybe you Peter
is very good at it) they surely must have read the same accounts?
So why have they chosen to ignore this incredible 602 Sq success?

Did Johnstone score that day? No, not if we are to believe those researchers (Shores is just one
of them) who has written together his claims.

One question regarding the ORB of course is why they have listed the Me 110 claims as two posts.
Why not lump them together as seven but divide them as two and later five?

I have no good answer to that, but somewhere up "the ladder" more conservative minds
must have stopped these claims from reaching any further.

Any thoughts?
Cheers
Stig
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