Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 06:54 PM 1/15/2007, Douglas Sharp wrote: >Hermann B?chner, (Erprobungsgruppe Nowotny, later Jagdgeschwader 7) >pilot of an ME262 had a confirmed kill of a P-38 Lightning on 26 >November 1944, in his next 19 sorties he shot down a confirmed further >11 enemy aircraft (types not recorded). Are these claims accepted by anyone else? What was the airframe number of the P-38? Does the USAF accept these claims? Sadly, I believe that you already know the answer: the USAF does not nor do most aviation historians. A confirmed kill means that the combat was verified by others, and that the other side confirmed the kill, and that the killed aircraft's serial number can be confirmed. Late WWII was a mess for this sort of thing, but you ought to wander over and look at what is still going on about air claims in Korea! Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!