Ludwig Nitsch 38 "kills"...?

[sveahk]

Uffz Ludwig Nitsch from JG54 escaped with his Fw190 as one of the last german pilots from Courland, and crashlanded in southern Sweden on 8th of May 1945. After some adventures (which you can read about here: http://www.forcedlandingcollection.s...141-Fw190.html , he was allowed to stay in Sweden. So far so good...

But trying to find out more about his time in the Luftwaffe - didn't work out so well. Bo Widfeldt in his Emergency landings in Sweden books and the before mentioned FLC(ForcedLanding Collection) say he had 38 "kills" during the war, 3 B-17 and the rest on the eastern front. Another article mentions he was only 18 when he left for Sweden.

Checking in the back of "Jagdgeschwader 54 Grünherzjäger" by Hans-Ekkehard Bob (from 2009) we find the list "Luftsiege der Piloten des Jagdgeschwadres 54" - but we don't even find Ludwig Kitsch mentioned there...nowhere...The same in the internet...no shot down enemy planes to be found under his name.

So - can anyone put some light on this discrepancy? Did he really have those "kills"? I mean, a couple of "kills" can disappear, especially at the end of the war - but 38 is quite a number...!?

Greetings and thanks Hans K