Heinrich Ehrler

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Originally Posted by Johannes

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Some just thought they would be confirmed, but they never were, and let's face it it often took more than a year to get confirmation.

Then you have those who worked their scams and just completed the paper-work perfectly dispite sometimes not any combat taking place, thus no question about it, so they had no questionable claims.

Kind Regards

Johannes

Hello Johannes,

when the Nazis needed a scapegoat for the Tirpitz disaster they could not accuse Heinrich Ehrler of cowardice because he had been in action that day. Therefore, they accused him of the egoism of trying to get his score to 200 instead of conducting the interception from the ground control station. That does not necessarily mean his score was 199 in the morning of 12Nov but III. Gruppe adjutant Oblt Kurt Schulze reported that when Ehrler was aloft he prepared congratulations for his 200th because he usually didn't return without a claim.

Have a good evening,

Michael