[Kapper]

Here is more to further confuse the situation further.

Heinz Schumann is listed as Staffelkapitan of 4/JG 52 from the beginning of the war and he made his second claim on 14 May 1940 before transferring to JG51. The exact date of transfer is uncertain, supposedly to 2./JG51 but I have him as taking over 1./JG51 after Georg Claus became POW on 11 Nov 1940.

Also Marsielle was with I(J)/LG2 by 2 Sep 40 (aircaft loss) so if Steinhoff commanded Marsielle it would have to have been before then. So if all this is accurate then that would put Steinhoff taking over 4/JG52 somewhere between 14 May and 2 Sep. Personally I believe this happened during a short break in operations for II/JG52 in July 1940 after the French campaign, which was around the same time as the reorganisation of several units into NJG1.

I know it is difficult to refute an interview with the person in question but a lot can happen in war and maybe he was confused on the exact date? Maybe 10(N)/JG26 didn't change it's title (maybe it was changed on paper only?) until it became part of NJG1 in June. I've heard of cases where a unit title has changed in command communiques but the unit itself didn't take up the change until weeks or even months later.

Most of what I've stated comes from Prien's JFV series (particularly claims). Maybe Jochen Prien can expand on the source of his information?

Still many questions to be answered

Regards,

Craig...