Originally Posted by
Load Toad
Thank you for the link - interesting. I don't know though why having two pilots share 3 kills and a probable is any less sensitive than 1 pilot having all of them when it comes to an issue of diplomacy; or am I missing something obvious?
One pilot shooting down four aircraft is going to get a lot of publicity. then you have to explain these weren't Chinese or North Korean aircraft flown by Russians (which was hidden enough at the time) but actual Russian Air Force aircraft.
Much easier to say hide them as 'just another kill'