Sentence examples for pilots claims from inspiring English sources

German intelligence suggested that the RAF was down to just 300 serviceable fighters on 17 August 1940, taking into consideration German pilots' claims and their estimates of British production capabilities.

The pilots claimed to have killed twenty-five.

On August 12th a Channel Four "Dispatches" programme in Britain revived the issue, with a poll of Ryanair pilots purporting to find most of them worried about safety.Ryanair dismisses the allegations of some of its pilots, claiming the poll was instigated by a group who have been trying to unionise the airline's flight decks for some years, without any success.

The Allied fighter pilots claimed 15 Zeros destroyed, while the B-17 crews claimed five more.

Kagas Zero pilots claimed to have shot down 12 US aircraft over Midway Island.

Kagas fighter pilots claimed to have shot down 10 Chinese aircraft in these encounters without loss.

The carrier pilots claimed the destruction of 720 Japanese aircraft in this operation.

The ship's fighter pilots claimed to have shot down one US aircraft and destroyed 20 on the ground.

In return, the P-51 pilots claimed 26 "kills" and 23 "probables" for the loss of three fighters.

The carrier's fighter pilots claimed to have destroyed at least 17 Chinese aircraft in aerial combat while losing five aircraft themselves.

None of the aircraft were lost and the Zero pilots claimed to have shot down a dozen of the defending British fighters.