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Old March 7th 10, 10:58 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,sci.military.naval,rec.aviation.military.naval
Alan Dicey
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Default "Vanishing American Air Superiority"

Paul Saccani wrote:
wrote:
British aerial victory claims are vastly exagerated in the BoB.

Indeed, to say the least.


*Were* exaggerated, at the time, because of confusion (even though both
sides were quite rigorous in their verification) and to help morale.

We still won.

The Germans also overclaimed - their intelligence system several times
reported that the RAF was down to its last few aircraft. It's one
reason why the appearance of the formed-up Big Wing on September 15th
was such a shock.

"Here they come again, the last 20 Spitfires..."