victories of johannes gentzen
 

hello gentlemen

in many books johannes gentzen is credited with 18 vict.his vict.of poland(seven) and his in the "phoney war"(two) are very well documented but nothing about that of:10/5/40 and his death the 26/6/40.

which specialist of histories of zerstorers can answer to my question,
and have he really 18 vict.

thanks to all

Re: victories of johannes gentzen
 

"Focus Focus"

According to info from the Heinrich Weiss Collection, which I've acquired but have only begun to index, Maj. Johannes Gentzen of Stab II./ZG2 had 8 victories during the Western Campaign of May-June, 1940. Unfortunately, I don't presently have any details of dates, types, times or places, although there is reason to believe that there may be a lot more info on this subject in the 50,000-75,000 pages of research material, much of it from German sources, in this collection. The collection is presently still in Europe (I live in the USA), but I'm planning a trip to Europe this fall and will be investigating further what we have in the collection on the subject of "zerstörer" victory claims, as well as where and how this collection can be inegrated into the major book project for the 1939-40 airwar period that is well underway.

If this total is correct this would give you 17 victories in WW II, which is close to the total of 18 that you reference in your post.

Regards,

Re: victories of johannes gentzen
 

Check out post

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=8938

Rob