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=== World War II aerial victory accuracy ===
{{See also|Confirmation and overclaiming of aerial victories during World War&nbsp;II}}
In World War&nbsp;II overclaims were a common problem. Nearly 50% of [[Royal Air Force]] (RAF) victories in the [[Battle of Britain]], for instance, do not tally statistically with recorded German losses; but at least some of this apparent over-claiming can be tallied with known wrecks, and German aircrew known to have been in British [[Prisoner of war|PoW]] camps.{{sfn|Lake|2000|p=122}} An overclaim of about 2-3{{clarification needed|date=October 2024|reason=What does that mean? A 2:3 ratio, e.g. 2 out of 3 claims were valid, or invalid? An overclaim by twice or three times the facts, i.e. 200% or 300%? This is way too vague.}} was common on all sides,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Caldwell| first=Donald|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/884646530|title=Day Fighters in Defence of Reich : a Way Diary, 1942-45.|date=2012|publisher=Frontline Books|isbn=978-1-78383-415-0|location=Havertown|oclc=884646530}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bergström|first=Christer|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/141238674|title=Barbarossa : the air battle July-December 1941|date=2007|publisher=Midland/Ian Allan|isbn=978-1-85780-270-2|location=Hersham, Surrey|oclc=141238674}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Campion|first=Garry|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/918616186|title=The Battle of Britain, 1945-1965: The Air Ministry and the Few|date=2015|isbn=978-0-230-28454-8|location=Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire|oclc=918616186}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Campion|first=Garry|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/319175944|title=The good fight : Battle of Britain propaganda and the few|date=2009|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|isbn=978-0-230-22880-1|location=Basingstoke|oclc=319175944}}</ref> and Soviet overclaims were sometimes higher.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Trigg|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953861893|title=The defeat of the Luftwaffe: The Eastern Front 1941-45, a strategy for disaster|date=2016|isbn=978-1-4456-5186-6|location=Stroud, Gloucestershire|oclc=953861893}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Morgan|first=Hugh|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/869378852|title=Soviet aces of world war 2|date=2014|publisher=Osprey Pub|isbn=978-1-4728-0057-2|location=London|oclc=869378852}}</ref> The claims of the Luftwaffe pilots are considered as mostly reasonable and more accurate than those according to the British and American system.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Toliver, Constable|first=Raymond F., Trevor J.|title=Horrido! Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe|publisher=Barker|year=1968|isbn=9780213763817}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kaplan|first=Philip|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/74525151|title=Fighter aces of the Luftwaffe in World War&nbsp;II|date=2007|publisher=Pen & Sword Aviation|isbn=978-1-84415-460-9|location=Barnsley|oclc=74525151}}</ref>

To quote an extreme example, in the [[Korean War]], both the U.S. and Communist air arms claimed a 10-to-1 victory/loss ratio.<ref>[http://wio.ru/korea/korea-a.htm "Korean Air War: Korean air war statistics from sources of USA and USSR."] ''Wio'' (RU). Retrieved: October 10, 2014.</ref><ref>Shores 1983, pp. 161–167.</ref>