Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Within a couple of days I will post here an errata sheet for the Bodenplatte book. By no means this should be considered final, I am convinced there are more errors.....if you find any, let me know!

Regards,

John Manrho.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Thanks John.

I really don´t know why most know publishes do not have an errata sector on their web pages. It looks a nice service for buyers, not? It´s interesting Luftfahrt Verlag downloaded French translations also.
I have suggested this to Adler Editora about our Fw58 book, udpates, corrections and translations.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Hello Sergio,

thanks. I also think Errata sheets should be done more often. We also see Nick Beale doing it on his site. Indeed publishers most of the time have a website, but I think it is up to the authors!

cheers,

John.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

John!
Are You interested in pictures of the pilots as well?
Regards
Christian

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Hello Christian, yes, this concerns pictures too. I believe you acquired picture of Maj. Vowinckel, correct? I have the logobooks and all the pics from Maj. Vowinckel. The originals come from the family. Cheers, John.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

John,

The Officer Commanding No.268 Squadron of No.35(Recce) Wing at Gilze-Rijen on 1 January 1945 was Squadron Leader A.S. Mann DFC, not Squadron Leader C.T.P. Stephenson DFC. S/L Stephenson DFC was slated to take command in late January 1945, but took over command early on 17 January 1945 when S/L Mann DFC was taken ill suddenly with appendicitis. The confusion about who was in command comes about most times because S/L Stephenson DFC signed off the Squadron's ORBs for the month as Officer Commanding - but the Squadron ORBs do record the change of command on the 17th. S/L Mann DFC has provided me his own eye witness account of the day's events which has been used in the Squadron History - ADJIDAUMO.

Regards,

Colin Ford
Canberra
Australia

No. 268 Sqn
 

Hello Col,

Thanks for the correction. Will be incorporated in issue 2. Can you also send me the eye witness account by Sqn Ldr Mann? I would be interested to read his story.

Regards,

John Manrho.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

John,

Eyewitness account from Sqdn Ldr AS Mann DFC OC No.268 Sqdn sent to your email address as per our last email contact. If you have not received it please let me know via this forum or email address you should have from last contact with me.

Regards,

Colin Ford
Canberra Australia

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Hello Colin, yes, I got your e-mail and my apologies for replying so late. It is always nice to read more details on Bodenplatte. Thanks, John.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Hi John,
I wholeheartetly agree with you. If we all research until we are 100 % sure, we will never publish anything on a Luftwaffe subject. I "borrowed" Nick's idea on my WEB-site. And went one step further. I made parts of my incomplete database public. And I have had hundreds of responses, corrections and comments. In this way my research have progressed more in the last 2 years than it did over the last 20. And having an Errata page is in my opinion a fair service to my customers. But as you said it is an author and not a publisher issue.
bregds
SES
www.gyges.dk

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Possibly because I make more mistakes than other authors!

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Hi Nick,
I believe in "good enough within a reasonable time" rather than "perfect in a millenium" and in this line of research it is astounding what kind of new material suddenly surfaces.
bregds
SES
PS Did you have time to look at my Radar-Train in Southern France?

Re: Timing
 

Hello SES, I think there is a balance between timing and accuracy for every book. Take Bodenplatte. Several books (Start im M., Battle for the A/F, Prien series) already published a lot about it. So if you decide to make a new one it should be very thorough and therefore time consuming.

The same goes for if you want to write book about a very specific detailed subject, like "KG 40 operations from Bordeaux-Merignac", then you should be very thorough. If you have a more broader subject, say "Air War over France", then it's another matter.

cheers,

John.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

I was lucky enough to pick up a copy of the book at the Smithsonian Air & Space museum in Washington DC. Excellent work and thanks for the errata/updates.
Mark

Re: Timing
 

Hello John,

Do you have any information about 8./Schlachtgeschwader 10 in your book "Bodenplatte"? Reason for my interest is because I'm doing some reseach about Oberfähnrich Erwin GUTZMANN who was shot down on April 10th, 1945 at Mechters in Lower Austria. He got the Knight's Cross and had over 600 flights against enemy. There are several stories about what actual happend to him the day he crashed. One is that he was shot down by russian fighters. Others tell that it was the own german flak. He died at the crashplace.
Maybe you have further details about him/his unit. Somebody from this forum told me there is a picture in your book on page 46 about Hans Stollnberger, the Staffelkapitän of 8./SG 10. I do not want to by that book just because of this picture.

Thanks,

Kurtl

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

There is no information on 8./SG 10 in my book, only the picture of Hptm. Stollnberger. The information on Ofhr. Gutzmann listed in Obermaier's Ritterkreuzträger is the only info I know.

Regards,

John.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

attn John Manrho,
I've your book Bodenplatte. Now I tried to print the errata (as mentioned in the SGLO Bulletin # 283/20) but the thread is "closed".
Please advise.
My e-mail-address is in the "Handboek SGLO".
Gegroet,
Henk Welting
Zelhem

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Henk,

That was "mijn fout".

A little while ago I cleaned up all attachments older than 180 days, because of some technical issues, unfortunately I didn't realize that this included some of the "mainstay" of our files.

The file has been uploaded from a back up, you'll find it attached to the original post.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Thanks Ruy, "everything in the picture". Keep on the good work on this excellent website and let's hope that you don't get same problems as Ross McNeill had recently with his - also excellent - RAF Commands board.
Regards,
Henk.

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

John, here's another III./JG 54 casualty: Fw 190 D-9 Werk Nummer 210046, gelbe 3, force-landed south of Amsterdam. Pilot, Uffz. Fenzel.

A copy of the deciphered signal is attached (from National Archives HW5/645).

Re: Errata on Bodenplatte
 

Nick,

great stuff, many thanks!. Now we need to check who that pilots was. Maybe still alive?

Cheers,

John.