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The thread should be a politics-free zone, thanks
I don't think the claims from Hartmann are far aways from his real victories (unless someone inflated them for political reasons). From his tactics, finish them from very close range, there shouldn't be a lot of error margin.
This research by at least one russian "researcher" has been widely dismissed as history revisionism.
BTW he preferred to attack from below as attacking Il-2 from above was really dangerous.
Hartmann's wingman stated categorically several times after the war that Hartmann did not overclaim. Some Luftwaffe pilots also doubted him and at least one, if not more, was temporarily assigned to Hartmann as wingmen for several mission and witnessed his claims. They also stated taht they were sorry for doubting Hartmann.
I'll stick with 352 for Erich Hartmann unless verifiable facts can be made to say otherwise.
and some people still aren't satisfied with 324 or 337.