Hello Juha,
you are right. there is no way to get reliable records from the russians, even in 1943!
LW claims did not include claims from other axis countries. my figures for 1944 show
the Germans shot down 7000 e/a. 1030 less then what you posted. confusing indeed!
Hello P-40
IMHO we don't know how many Soviet planes Jagdfliegern shot down, we only know how many they claimed
My figures incl.only the more modern fighter types, of which a/c of Axis powers shot down say 2100-2300, AAA shot down probably 800-1000, some were lost in accidents, because of technical problems, pilot errors etc during combats ops etc. In known accidents 1979 new type fighters were lost and 2619 were stuck of charge because of weariness after long service. Of older type fighters some 125 LaGG-3s, Hurricanes and I-153s were lost in combat ops as were some 730 bombers and some 3700 Il-2s. All these in 1944.
Juha
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