KG51 losses on 23 August 1942.

[odybvig]

"16 October 1940 - a He 111 of 2./KGr126 is reported as 6955 1T+BB, but recovery of the remains proven it was 5709, while wartime RAF records noted it as 5706 1T+LK"

So no we cant trust RAF record either ?


"On 4 April a Polish pilot saw a German pilot shooting down a Spitfire, attacked him from close distance and claimed destruction. The pilot, just a few days earlier, has proven himself as one of the best marksmen in the whole Fighter Command, so the one should not expect him to miss. No German pilot was killed on 4 April, so his claim should be present on the victory list. That happens, Ofw. Gerhardt was among the latter. Would it be possible that the loss report was badly filed? How to verify it"

Another possebility is that the german A/C was not destroyed and limped back to base. Was the claim verified ? By whom ?

"Another case. 9 April 1945, Hamburg. A Lancaster raid is intercepted by I&III/JG7. An account provided in an appropriate Luftgau report fits perfectly description of combat but one thing - no losses were filed. To the contrary, I have a Fighter Command paper noting, that on a review of gun camera film of one pilot (unfortunately, the film itself was not located), it was noticed that a bailing out airman with properly deployed parachute is visible. So what happened actually"

What have this to do with the GQ6 list

"Finally, for the Grosse Schlag operation, Galland estimated loss of 2,6 aircraft destroyed per pilot killed. This must have been a result of some statistical analysis. It certainly does not fit the losses for 1941 the Channel clashes, where the ratio is about 1,2. So, was the estimation bogus, or perhaps the latter stats are wrong, as 1,2 is way off 2,6"

And your sources for this info is ?


Olve Dybvig