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Old 6th August 2018, 21:46
Maciej Góralczyk Maciej Góralczyk is offline
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Re: Erwin Clausen, 132 or 100 aerial-victories

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Originally Posted by Johannes View Post
however there is one constant here, that being Herbert Ihlefeld, his claims can clearly be read with dates from his Bf109's rudder
Which rudder? I don't have your book, so I must rely on JFV 6/II and I see some differences when comparing the victory list with this photo (source: ex-ebay auction):
https://abload.de/img/bf1099bf6n.jpg
Even more differences may be seen in comparison with this sheet (also saved from ebay two years ago):
https://abload.de/img/ihlefeldw.nr.6095ruddc0eth.jpg
https://abload.de/img/ihlefeldw.nr.6095ruddjifqx.jpg

Your discussion about Clausen's victories is highly interesting for me, as I wonder whether these photos show Clausen's or Freytag's Bf 109 F-4:
https://abload.de/img/clausenorfreytag-2brdde.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flugfeld.jpg
According to the listings in JFV, when Freytag and Clausen switched between 1. and 6 Staffel, either had 57 victories.

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Maciej
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