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Old 21st March 2005, 14:50
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Re: 15 April - first P-47 kill in ETO - confirmed, or not?

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Originally Posted by Six Nifty .50s
I forgot to include the most controversial case of inflated aerial victories at sea
The Most Controversial Case of Inflated Victories at Sea

By who's authority, yours?

First you cannot bring up any hard numbers for German claims, second why bring this up in the first place? Isn't this about an early USAAF claim?

There wasn't a discussion about enthusiastic early (as in 1939) war claims.

Also it isn't about absolute numbers, but about relative ones. In your assumed case it is a 4:1 overclaim, are your sure this is really is The Most Controversial Case of Inflated Victories at Sea?

Please keep the discussion on topic, if you want to discuss this event, go to the Luftwaffe part of this site. See what figures come up.
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