Hans Hahn/Maximilian Stotz

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Originally Posted by Stig Jarlevik

First of all the subject in this thread is/was Hans Hahn/M Stotz and is now totally side tracked.

Secondly the discussion is becoming more and more futile,
For some reason the mentality that "we can never be shot down" except by AA-fire took a firm
root and was later transferred over to the Korean conflict.
I bet there are still many out there who believe in the enormous superiority of the F-86 over the MiG-15 etc
All aircraft shot down during strafing/bombing attacks were only shot down by AA-fire.
Good (or at least acceptable) for morale perhaps, but far from the truth.

My own thinking is very clear and I accept that others have a different view.

Cheers
Stig

Well that depends: from updated accounts the loss ratio was still around 5 to 1 and I consider those results to be pretty 'enormous', considering for at least the first part of the war, the F86s were, generally speaking, at the far end of their 'combat radius', and the MiG15s were right in their own 'backyard' with substantially larger numbers and superior performance.


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