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Old 3rd May 2005, 21:11
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Re: Erich Hartmann: 352 victories or... 80?

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Originally Posted by Christer Bergström
Also, regarding overclaims made by the Western Allies, I can agree that RAF overclaims generally were high, as often was the case regarding those by the American fighter pilots in the Mediterranean. However, many years of research has led me to conclude that hardly any fighter pilots on average submitted aerial victory claims with greater accuracy than the fighter pilots of the 8th USAAF. The ratio between victory claims and actual Luftwaffe losses is close to 1:1 for the 8th USAAF fighter pilots.
Any attempt to prove this nonsense?