Identifications of German victories over East Prussia in October 1944

[Courtois Laurent]

Thanks to Laurent RIZZOTTI, we can make a comparison :

Report of the Soviet overclaiming from October 22 to 31, 1944.

October 22: Overclaiming rate 20/23.

October 23: Overclaiming rate 16/17.

October 24: overclaiming rate 1011.

October 25: The Luftwaffe does not lose any aircraft to enemy action other than the DCA. For its part, the 1st VA claims 5 victories including 4 FW-190 and 1 Me-109.
Overclaiming 5/5.

October 26: The Luftwaffe loses only one Me-109 to enemy action. For its part, the 1st VA claims 9 victories including 6 FW-190 and 3 Me-109.
Overclaiming 8/9.

October 27: The Germans declare only two Me-109s damaged by the enemy. On their side air combat three German planes shot down (2 FW 190 and 1 Me 109). 1st OIAP "Normandie" claims 1 Fw-190 and 1 Me 109
Overclaiming 3/3.

October 28 : ace of German losses. The Soviets report two dogfights during which an Hs-126 is shot down.

October 29 : no German losses. The Soviets report two dogfights without results.

October 30 : no German losses, no Soviet claims (no encounter with enemy aircraft).

October 31 : no German losses, no Soviet claims.

Balance of October 22 to October 31 the overclaiming rate is 62/68. 91.7, which is very close to that obtained by the Luftwaffe (92%).

Nevertheless, the sample is still too small, so we must continue over the whole month, or even more.