One thing that is worth noting is the way the VVS recorded scores. Now in the west as far as I recall it was possible to get a 'part' of a kill, so if two pilots were after the same aircraft, both contributed to shooting it down, they would both be recorded as having half each right?

In the east, say 7 pilots contributed to shooting down an enemy aircraft, each of the pilots would record one kill. Thus even if there was only one enemy aircraft shot down the VVS may record a silly number of kills.

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