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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)
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Subject: Re: German claims in WW2
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Date: 14 Jun 89 03:26:26 GMT
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From: welty@lewis.crd.ge.com (richard welty)

In article <7285@cbnews.ATT.COM>, Amos Shapira writes: 
=US of A
=     R. I. Bong      40
=     T. B. McGuire   38
=     D. S. McCampbell 34
=
=     (Bong and McGuire - 5th AF, McCampbell- USN)

=A note on scoring: The british, french, US, and Italian (which I did not
=include for the obvoius reasons) were VERY simple- EVERYONE who fired
=(participated) at a german plane which ostensibly fell, got a partial score
=(in some cases, mainly in Britain, they got FULL score). German pilots, on
=the other hand, received a "kill" only for a CONFIRMED crash.

I got the distinct impression from a book i read recently (_Guadalcanal:
Decision at Sea_) that certain victories for US pilots in the Pacific were
only scored if the aircraft were seen going into the water; otherwise
they got `probables' or no score at all.

it seemed like most of the confusion in scores comes from multiple claims
by AA crews on various vessels in task forces.

richard
   (by the way, _Guadalcanal: Decision at Sea_ is a very good book,
    and i hope to post a review in the near future.)
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