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Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski
You can have a look at Andy Saunders' book on Bader's demise. There he analysed every loss and who could have been a victor. It turned out that three Spitfires fell down to friendly fire, thus quite significantly increasing the overclaim of JG 26. Unfortunately no sources are given, but it is quite enlightening.
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I have not read this book but... three friendly fire ? In the same combat ?
8 Spitfires were lost and one third would have fell to friendly fire ?
According to what I have 2 FTR and 6 were reported shot down by Bf 109s during Circus 68. They claimed 15 sure victories (+8 probables).
The Luftwaffe have one loss to Spitfire and another one, but not sure if related to the combat. They claimed 6 which were confirmed (one unconfirmed).
Not sure the Luftwaffe overclaimed a lot on this particular combat (overclaim was probably higher on the evening battle), even taking these three friendly fire as granted.
Feel free to correct me if I misunderstood something.