Erich Hartmann: 352 victories or... 80?

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Originally Posted by FalkeEins

Was it not the case for example that Hartmann was put on trial in 1949 by the KGB charged with the destruction of 345 Soviet aircraft..as Khazanov states .." Hartmann's defenders will always argue that the KGB's researchers are unlikely to have been in error given the seriousness of the charges.."


Neil

Do you really think that KGB did care about seriousness of the charges? It's funny to imagine NKVD people trying to prove these 345 victories

The only way to find out the real picture is making a good research in Tsamo(Podolsk Archive Of Ministry Of Defence) where all VVS documents are stored.

the problem is that Hartmann's claims data is not comprehensive in terms of dates, plane types etc.

Probably it could be check statistically (with claims which are able to be checked) that would give us an overall impression