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Good evening dear Brian,

sound like personal documents. Which level of officialdom did they reach ?

I found the following main differences between the kills listed in your book and the scores listed elsewhere:
Sewell 6+8sh kills vs 6+7sh kills: according to Hakan Gustavsson his shared SM79 kill on 10Nov1940 was a damaged claim but the enemy crew was MIA, so maybe it was upgraded to confirmed later ?
Barnes 6+8sh kills vs 6+2sh kills: Christopher Shores does not list his shared kills on 29May1940 and 17Sep1940, his two shared claims von 2Sep1940 are listed as damaged, were they confirmed later ? His shared SM79 kill on 10Nov1940 was shared with Sewell (see above). Shores indicates his 12Oct1940 shared kill as personal, lists an additional Z501 kill on 12Nov1940 but omits his two kills on 19Jan1941.
Hogg 7+6sh kills vs 4+8sh kills: His shared claim on 1Sep1940 seems to have been a friendly fire incident. The other books seem to omit two personal kills and to categorize one personal kill as a shared kill.
Orr 6+6sh kills in 806Sq vs 6+5sh kills in 806Sq: His 18Jan1941 kills is not listed by Christopher Shores. Barrett Tillman quotes Orr himself who described his involvement in the 1944 shared kill.

I wish you a very good Thursday,

Michael