There certainly can be no argument about any of that Gary and Dunmunro's research backs that to the hilt.Garyt wrote:I guess it's not always how good of a pilot you are, but how well you publicity department works!The IJN records from the battle have survived intact and Lundstrom failed to find any IJN A6M losses that would correspond to Vejtasa's kill claims. I suspect that his 7 kill claims at Santa Cruz are also somewhat optimistic.
Of course, this goes back to the days of Julius Caesar and prior, overly optimistic records of battlefield accomplishments.
Is there any argument about the outcome of this battle ????