Bomber Aces

[Franek Grabowski]

Smudger
Just as you wrote, does it really matter if they shot down 4 or 49 German fighters on this raid? No, it does not, and this was the very approach of US command. They knew actual German losses from the other sources, and the main purpose of victory crediting and verification was propaganda and morale busting. Thus said, those airmen were credited with those victories and I feel in no position to verify them.
Otherwise, there is quite an interesting observation. Americans claim they single handedly won the war, thus causing anger of Britons, who feel forgotten. This is exactly the feeling expressed by the remaining Commonwealth nations toward Limmeys, and then again such feelings are expressed toward all the Commonwealth nations by Poles for example.
Thus said, history is not fair game but this is no reason to change it.