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Re: Jagdflieger unconfirmed victories and official confirmation of claims
Denes,
you are completely right! Generalization is a very bad thing. And it seems some people are reading the "wrong books".
It is just not true Luftwaffe oveclaimed during the whole war 2:1 or even 3:1. Maybe it was so in 1944-45, but not at the beginning of the war.
I think the years 1939 and 1940 - until the end of French campaign, were rather accurate. In 1939 appr. 80-90% of German claims are confirmed by known Polish total losses. This is much better than 2:1. And we do not know some Polish losses due to lack of documents. I think the French campaign will be similar.
The Battle over Britain will be different to much causes (channel, lack of fuel, more participating aircraft on both sides and so on...).
Regards,
Marius
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