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Re: Hans-Ekkehard Bob
Ruy
I have heard that US naval pilots received tactical notes, that drawing Japanese aircraft in combat for a certain period of time will ensure they would not return to their aircraft carriers. Certainly, it is not a classic shot down, but is not it an enemy inflicted loss?
On the other hand, if an ill pilot flew a combat mission and was downed, was the loss inflicted by the illness or enemy action in the first place?
Concerning the CAM aircraft, the system was designed in this and no different way. Thus loss of an aircraft is not a combat loss but a use of it, just as you use eg. ammunition. On the other hand, every loss of a pilot is a combat loss, because it was not planned.
Losses to bad weather would be combat losses (in your terminology), if they were due to enemy's action, even if you cannot link them to any particular victor. Please note, that for headquarters there are combat and non-combat losses and nobody is caring if it is fire, weather or anything else.
Can of worms, well, why not? It is a discussion forum at last!
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