Hartmann: claims vs. victories

[HGabor]

I think everything was already mentioned earlier about Hartmann's claims. Calculated average, based on his fall and spring, 1944 claims - researched in details, etc. Most of his claims were max. damaged planes at best for about 70%. But I think eg. his final, May 8, 1945 Yak-9 claim was not just a mistake, or a damaged plane, - simply it was not true. Did not happen at all. (How could I say it nicer?) No combat events between soviet Yaks and the Luftwaffe in the whole region in the entire day. Closest Yak loss was about 240 km north from the reported area of Brno.

Gabor