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oddmanrush Interesting info there Manny. Look like not only were kill counts inflated, but it seems they had some trouble on occasion identifying the aircraft they were actually shooting down; mistaking P-40s, Spitfires and Hurricanes....
Interesting info there Manny. Look like not only were kill counts inflated, but it seems they had some trouble on occasion identifying the aircraft they were actually shooting down; mistaking P-40s, Spitfires and Hurricanes....
...by my own research, and opinion, I'd opine that the top German aces' kills are inflated, on average, by at least 50%, in some cases more, some cases less...a certain few pilots are most certainly close to 100% accurate, the most notable, IMO, being Schnaufer's claims of 121 kills as a nightfighter...all of his kills wound up, for the most part, on German soil in the form of a big 4-engined wreck...
I suppose nightfighter claims would (probably) be more accurate. One NF slipping in on one bomber, attacking & drifting off again. As opposed to the swirling multi-plane dogfights that some day fighters were involved in.
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
Based on years of viewing gun-camera footage, reviewing logs and reading pilot accounts, I'd say that most anytime a pilot in WW2 got an enemy aircraft in his sights, even if was for a split-second, and pressed the trigger, he had the tendency to put in a claim for a kill, regardless of what he saw afterwards...
Based on my own experience, you can get behind an aircraft as close as 50 meters, fire, split-S and never see the plane again!!! Did it go down? Did it shake you? Dunno...
That's why you have a wingman, to verify your kills, if he can't confirm, you get credit for a damaged aircraft. At least that's how the USAAF did it.
B17Pilot That's why you have a wingman, to verify your kills, if he can't confirm, you get credit for a damaged aircraft. At least that's how the USAAF did it.
I need a wingman!
Manstein's revenge No, you have a wingman to keep your a$$ from getting shot down...
No, you have a wingman to keep your a$$ from getting shot down...
That too!!
I could have used a wingman this morning. Driving to work today I got cut off in traffic 3 times. And I mean "come to a screeching stop" cut off. They're all out today!
VanceCrozier I could have used a wingman this morning. Driving to work today I got cut off in traffic 3 times. And I mean "come to a screeching stop" cut off. They're all out today!
Left = oncoming traffic. Instead, I deployed the non-slip yellow air brakes...
fermis- Now THAT is how a desert 109 should look, well done! The overall dusty appearance really gives the feeling of an arid climate. From where I am sitting, this is the finest work of yours I have seen!
Frank
That's a huge compliment Frank, Thank you very much!
Or, are all my others just crappy???!!!!
fermis Or, are all my others just crappy???!!!!
Um...well...
I wasn't going to say it...
J/K LOL
Very nice work, Fermis. The '109 is one of my favs......some great paint schemes.
Great looking build!
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