In all the yrs I've flown this sim, I have indeed had only ONE victory claim go through without a witness. So it is possible.
If your alone then its up to you to continue or not. The "Claim" can still be put in, as in RL back then, and it looks good on your logbook, having all those claims.
Even Bruno Stachel was told to except the fact that another Tommy was shot down for the Kaiser, but thats it, no claim