I recently read an interesting history of the BoB which contained an account of the contrasting RAF and Luftwaffe attitude to scores. In the RAF keeping a personal tally was officially frowned upon and also regarded as "bad form" by sqn colleagues. I guess this accounts for very little publicity such as painting of multple killl markings on aircraft. The whole thing was regarded as a team effort and a kill had to be independently confirmed to receive a credit. Conversely, the Luftwaffe Aces were given huge official backing and the whole wing (geschwader?) was set up so that the likes of Molders, Galland and Wick could add to their personal score. It seems that there was a much less rigourous requirement to confirm claims. The book recounted quite a lot of bitterness from the ordinary pilots that they were just cannon-fodder, often acting as bait to create opportunities for the star pilots. Anyway, they lost.
