Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

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Guesswork and imagination have no place in historical research. Phrases like "it appears that" or "it is believed that" are place holders for gaps. Or "this author thinks this for the following reasons."

This is research: The event, the official documents (Air Min, Luftwaffe), secondary sources, including pilot log books, and third-hand sources, as in "We saw an American plane crash in a field by this village on this date." Nothing more. Let me repeat that: Nothing more.

As the various sources line up in terms of date and time, the greater the confidence that the event happened as described.