am not trying to draw this thread off topic but here is a little something that friend and author R.M. have been discussing the last 2 days concerning LW victry claims and the response from RAF and the researching behind all of it..........quite tedious but always full of surprises

Hi Erich,

yes, on a number of occasions in 1945 it is impossible to match claims with any certainty or not at all, even with very detailed information, and these mainly occur when an air battle and losses were concentrated in both time and space. For example, many claims in 1945 were only recorded as being in a grid square (i.e. Planquadrat TB), so you can image a scenario when, say, four bombers crashed in that grid square and six claims were made in the grid square.

Yes, the map is similar in format to the one I'd originally made, and it will be the only such map (i.e. plotting claims and losses) that I know of in NJWD.

Cheers

the map will be included in Dr. Boitens NJW diaries next year.

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