[Nick Beale]

There was a very interesting examination of Clostermann's RAF career in the French magazine Avions No. 227 (Jan/Feb 2019) by Christophe Cony. He concluded that Clostermann had 14 kills, 4 probables and 8 damaged in the air; 9-5-9 on the ground; also one unconfirmed damaged in the air.


Also of interest was that Clostermann had been a journalist before the war, which probably explains how he was able to write such a vivid and exciting book.