Recent content by Stig1207

We can easily agree that overclaiming occurred every where and the rates of overclaiming fluctuated a lot; German fighter pilots were certainly no exception, that is a well established fact, I haven't noted anyone telling you different. Now if we stick to the Kuban in April '43 and VVS...

You'll find similar cases of overclaiming by the German pilots over Kuban, but the overall average for April '43 in the battle, was 2-1.

Bergstrom wrote 19 and your source wrote 13, I can't say which is correct. However, you can't assume that 16 GIAP shot down 8 Bf 109s either; in April 18 109's were lost by compared to the 405 claimed by 4 VA; if badly damaged , bur repairable, force landed at base or in friendly territory, the...

16 GIAP claimed 71 Bf109's (out of a total of 79) and at best 7 or 8 are verified victories, while losing 19 P-39s, so they have a negative exchange rate no matter what types they actually shot down. 4VA's claims for 405 (out of 521 total claims) Bf 109's certainly suggest a similar pattern by...

Currently re-reading Black Cross/ Red Star vol. 5 by Christer Bergstrom and I have so far got through the first few chapters of the Battle of Kuban. Up thread, in post #172 the article from Lendlease.ru mentions 16 GIAP So according to BCRSv.5 from 9 April to 17 April 16 GIAP lost 9 Airacobras...

Here is the blurb from the upcoming book I linked to in #76 The Soviet history of the Second World War, written under the conditions of a totalitarian regime, reflected all its features, with the result that it includes solid sets of patriotic fables that have no connection with reality. Many...

Coming soon Stalin's Falcons

True, but the question remains why the unequal exchange rate was maintained , if newer Soviet fighters were on par or nearly on par with latest LW fighters? Surely it must also reflect on Soviet pilot quality.

Eastern Front Aircraft Strength and Losses 1941-45 Even with massive numerical advantage and newer fighter types, the exchange rate for the Soviets against the Luftwaffe was not much better in 1943-44, than it was in 1941.

This is an interesting perspective on the Luftwaffe vs Soviet airforces in WWII Luftwaffe Research

Wagner's table does however match pretty closely when compared with the USAAF Statistical Digest. The same is the case for Wagner's table for bomber stats. So where ever he got his numbers from there is some similarity with what was recorded in the Statistical Digest.

However, the above table does not entirely agree with other sources when it comes to the AAF stats. USAAF Statistical Digest, USAF85 and Ray Wagner's American Combat Planes are pretty close in agreement with the above statistics for the ETO; but less so for the MTO, FEAF,CBI and PTO. The Stats...

Frank was at a loss as to the source of the Warbirds and Airshows stats as well? P-39 top ten aces See post #12 and Frank's response #14.

That would probably depend on what periods of the war you are looking at. Allied fighter claims in the ETO in 1944-45 were probably some of the most accurate of the whole war. Where Allied claims can be compared to Japanese losses, in New Guinea for example, as per Claringbould, then they are...