Erich Hartmann: verifiable claims

[Broncazonk]

This thread is turning out to be historically important. Once finished, has anyone given any thought to a press release? (I'm fairly certain that the results of the work being done by Knusel, HGabor, Nick Hector, Johannes, Nikita Egorov, Nick Beale, FalkeEins, Juha, Maxim1, and all the rest, will garner immediate widespread international attention.)

I know several aviation blog and news editors who would crawl over a mile a glass to interview the experts listed above, and to do a story on this effort and the Hartmann subject, but I will say nothing, and do nothing, until the subject is discussed and approved by all.

How should something like this be handled? (Dimitri Khazanov's work and article should be credited in all of this as he started the original conversation.) One thing is for certain: each and every researcher who posted information on this thread should be credited (if they wish) in any press release.

Also, if these statements are true then something MUST be done to correct the historical record for the general public: "Indeed only 289 of Hartmann's 'victories' were in fact 'officially confirmed' before the German claims system broke down in early 1945. Secondly, only 307 of his supposed claims had even been 'officially' filed before the end of the war," the above noted by FalkeEins: http://falkeeins.blogspot.co.uk/2010/03/erich-hartman-352-victories-or-80.html Lipfert, Hackl and Bar ALL had large numbers of outstanding claims that were never officially credited by the end of the war. The Hartmann record alone should not be allowed to reflect never filed claims, nearly 50 of them.

Nick?

Bronc