Walter Schuck:claims against "allies"

[Johannes]

Hi Guys

Schuck's total of 206 is based solely upon his statement that Hermann Goring said that twenty-five of his previously unconfirmed claims have now been confirmed, thus the Eichenlaub is to be awarded. However if we take Schuck's word for it, then though Goring made this statement, they were not confirmed.......therefore Schuck's total is 181 of which ten were in the West, eight American and two British.
When I made a list of Schuck's claims there was evidence that one in particular was numbered, going by memory it was his 113th, which matches in with his total being 181, of which I managed to find 176.

Kind Regards

Johannes

[Stig Jarlevik]

Johannes

I presume you are talking about his claims no 172-196?
This is what he claims in his memoires (from 2007) regarding them

'172-196*** 9. or 10./JG 5 between 1943 and 1944, subsequently confirmed by RLM
*** Victories 172-196 were initially reported by the Navy, checked by the RLM in Berlin and confirmed by them in November 1944.'

At the end of the table he also makes an excuse saying he no longer had any of his logbooks available and the list is based upon published sources, internet and other documents made available to him.

Cheers
Stig