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Originally Posted by Christer Bergström
Sure, Jim. I've found quite a few losses which aren't in the Genqu listings. Anyway, I see no reason to completely dismiss the Luftwaffe loss reports (Genqu or Summarische Verlustmeldungen). By comparing Genqu with first-hand material such as unit war diaries and logbooks, I get the impression that an absolute majority of the Luftwaffe losses are listed in the Genqu material.
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Do you suggest that you have seen a representative sample of KTBs and FBs?
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One question: Are there any loss reports by any armed forces which are absolutely complete, 100% reliable, and completely untouched by human error?
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Bouncing back the question - are there any German loss reports?
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Hasn't this thread strayed a bit from the original topic? Wouldn't the header to this thread rather be "General talk about just one example of a classical problem confronting historians in general"? ;-)
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No, this thread is still about losses in Tunisia and their reliability.