Mostly against primitive fighters particularly on the Russian front. Assuming similar exaggeration of successes by each sides publicity offices you can probably divide the figures by 2 or 4.
Even if all these had been against night heavy bombers it's a tiny part of the losses
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WW II fighters shot down a large number of aircraft. Erich Hartmann alone claimed 352.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_air_aces
Mostly against primitive fighters particularly on the Russian front. Assuming similar exaggeration of successes by each sides publicity offices you can probably divide the figures by 2 or 4.
Even if all these had been against night heavy bombers it's a tiny part of the losses