Remember also that these guys were debriefed and probably did some commiserating among themselves over a pint or tea between missions. Those kinds of things tend to reinforce memories.
Now, we all know kill claims were always exaggerated. I don't think pilots all lied in these situations. They shot, stuff flew off the enemy plane, the enemy plane dove out of sight. Or several planes took shots at an enemy plane as it went down.
Still, I am thinking that some details got etched into their minds. Sometimes, "you just had to be there".
Splitter
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11-06-2010, 12:43 PM
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