ratings of German experts

[Insuber]

Originally Posted by Furio

You’re right. Some fancy claims were made at the Falaise Pocket battle. RAF and USAf claimed 391 armored vehicles as destroyed. Shortly afterwards, in a close examination of battlefield, 133 vehicles were effectively found, of which only 33 had been effectively destroyed, sometimes indirectly, by air attack.
In my opinion, however, there is a widespread tendency to give more credit at German claims and less at Soviet ones.

It's funny that even Goering didn't believe to the claim of his pilots during the Battle of Britain. He went mad accusing them of gross exhaggeration, and tightened the claim examination process. The pilots were scorned and demotivated by the distrust of their own leader (source: JG26, The Top Guns of Luftwaffe, Donald L. Caldwell).

Regards,
Ins