Alex, Vince - What started me on this topic was material from Jan Safarik, who is Czech himself. I hope it is OK to provide a link to his site: http://aces.safarikovi.org/ Alex's comments are well taken. They give one pause especially when you consider that the RAF provided an opportunity for pilots...

Nothing is more gratifying than getting the facts straight and particularly the active/positive approach as exhibited by Vincent and Nino IMO. So, thank you gentlemen for being gentlemen. As for the ongoing numbers game - I had mentioned previously my uncle in the 8th AAF (that I have spoken to very...

Vincent I had no idea that my humble post would generate such lively discussion. In WWII my uncle Tony was a ground crewman for the 8th Airforce servicing P-47's mostly and my wife's uncle Richard was a B-29 gunner in the 20th Airforce. In fact Richard's B-29 "Miss America '62" from the 6th Bombardm...

Thank you for the reference Vincent. Your article is fascinating and very useful especially when I cross referenced it against Safarik's material in which he references over fifty sources. Safarik's list shows Bordoni-Bisleri with 19 confirmed individual but 18 shared unconfirmed whereas he should b...

The revisionists' paradigm that most nation's air forces confirmed victories are based on single and shared "kills" is changing what for many years was the standard as applied the Regia Aeronautica among other national air forces in World War II. Here is a link to Jan Safarik's mult-inational list a...