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Old 17th April 2007, 01:57
Franek Grabowski Franek Grabowski is offline
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Re: Luftwaffe shared victories (was: Hartmann ....352 victories or 80?)

But could we tell the German pilots were better? Judging by efficiency of their training system, they were not. That said, is the number of kills of some particular airmen indicative of their quality? Only to some degree, as the efficiency is measured in a less spectacular way of achieving goals. The goal was to win the war, to win a campaign or to win a single engagement, not by achieving kills but by preventing the enemy achieving his goals.
Some German airmen achieved impressive numbers of kills, but it was not reflected by actions of all Jagdwaffe, and in the result balance was on Allied side.
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