Allied claims v German losses.

[Ginger.]

Yesterday evening there was an epic battle deep in enemy territory.Our chaps claimed five,three of them falling to our greatest young ace.
Can this be verified by the Munich branch of the German Records?

[PeterL]

Ginger, no confirmation forthcoming, despite thousands of eye witness reports, but there is a strong whiff of sour grapes in the air. Apparently some English newspaper reporters got onto the pitch, scored two of England's goals and prevented Germany from scoring another six. Also, according to German reports, the German team were only second rate or such a poor team as England could not possibly have beaten them. Stangely I can recall no mention of this supposed German failing in the pre-match build up, only that the German keeper was named best in the world just this week. Selective record keeping perhaps.

Loosing with good grace is frightfuly English don't you know Ginger, and we have grown used to it in recent years. Thank God we weren't playing the Australians

Peter L.,
*Are those claims corroborrated in the German records. *We ALL KNOW that they are the "Holy Grail" for claims validation! * *(sacrasm switch to off) *

*If you don't believe me just ask Jasta, or J ... they'll tell you!

Regards,
Tom Paine

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. has an original Albatros DVa from Jasta 46. *Due to the markings, it was probably lost sometime in the spring of 1918. *
Is there any confirmation of the loss of this aircraft from German records? *Or is this plane merely a figment of our overactive American imaginations? *