33rd Fighter Group combat statistics, December 1942 - 6 February 1943

[Franek Grabowski]

Originally Posted by Andrew Arthy

What I call claims in this article are the officially credited victories listed by Frank Olynyk.

I know, I just wanted to underline the difference.

You make a good point. Maybe I should have named that table differently, or at least included a note raising your concern.

I try to!

I cannot be 100 per cent sure that these Luftwaffe losses were to the 33rd FG. However, with the air fighting over central Tunisia being on such a small scale, and given that I have pretty thorough documentation from the German and Allied sides, I think it is fairly safe (but not 100 per cent certain) to say these were the German losses to the 33rd FG. There simply weren't that many units involved, making it a much easier task to attempt to match up claims and losses.

Really? I have never realised this crawling through the mess.