Originally posted by Widewing
Knegel dreamed: "you wrote that Kozhedub himself told that he had more than the counted kills "
I never made any such statement. Granted English is not your primary language, but if you wish to converse in English, at least have the minimal comprehension skills required.
Do you wish a list of Historians? Could you verify their conclusions if you had such a list? Or, are you just whining?
Soviet over-claiming was horrendous, and it wasn't confined to the lesser pilots. Virtually every Japanese ace has had their totals reduced, some by more than half. Why? Because the records of enemy losses don't support the claims.
Do your own research.. Prove me incorrect.
My regards,
Widewing
Hi,
ok, you wasnt the one who originaly posted the Kozhedub statement, but you did refer to it and had it as quote in your post(so at least you took it into your post) and since you disagree with him, he must be a liar in your eyes.
My english maybe isnt that good, but i can see what you wrote and with a translator i also can understand it.
To call a soldier a 'Overclaimer' (liar), in my opinion need exact facts with a good source, they did fight for their country and deserve more respect i think.
Even if all russian pilots together has overclaimed 50%, its a poor manner to say that a special pilot, who say he had more kills than the official kills, isnt credible('.........there isn't a single aviation historian who believes he actually shot down much more than half that number').
If you say so, YOU should offer your sources, or you count as not credible and as a person without manner.
'Do your own research.. Prove me incorrect.' is a incredible poor tool to cover your opinion, if you have datas, offer them, if not, its realy only a shameless offered insultive opinion.
I realy wonder who shot down all the german planes(roundabout 30.000 109´s, 15.000 190´s
and many 110´s, Ju87s, 88s, He111´s etc). As far as i know most of them got shot down over the eastfront, and there are not that many russian Aces with high scoring.
I only know that the german Aces had the highest respect to the guardsquads, so why i should doubt that a russian Ace can get more than 60 kills, if i can believe that many german aces got more than 100 and also the finnish Aces had much more and specialy if US-pilots with much less fights and much less oponents got 30kills.
Of course, if i would see some facts(for now i couldnt find any), i also be able to change my opinion.
Greetings, Knegel