Re: Luftwaffe combat claims

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Bandlaw Charlie

...in many cases pilots have been given the victory but we as researchers don't know for sure if they were the right pilots...

We pretty much can be in those instances where there was only one claim and one loss at a given time and place, or where only one aircraft of a given type went down. Equally, where a survivor recalled some detail of the attacker that would single it out (e.g. if the attacker was a Ju 88 and only one Ju 88 made a claim). Very few engagements are that simple of course …