Exactly guys! So what if the AVG didn't shoot down 299 Japanese aircraft? From what I read they STILL managed to give a bloody nose to the IJAAF bomber & fighter units that up to that point were having the war going THEIR way & had suffered minimal losses---and THAT is good enough for me!
NickM
PS: Having doubts as to Chris Shores' credibility & accuracy of research is practically aviation 'blasphemy'!