[Jaap Woortman]

As far as I can see Dean never received a reaction on his question. I have the same question.
Holm at www.ww2.dk says that Kommandeur of II./NJG 1 and later III./NJG 1 was Hptm. Conrad von Bothmer till November 1st, 1940. But Falck in ‘Falkenjahre’ called this Kommandeur, Philipp von Bothmer.
However the von Bothmer in J/88 and I./ZG 52 was a Dietrich von Bothmer. This Dietrich von Bothmer was, according to the VDK, buried at Duisburg-Waldfriedhof in grave 434 in block E, row 39. He was born at November 25th, 1912 in Hannover. His date of death, November 7th, 1940, fits well with what Falck describes in the book. He says that von Bothmer committed suicide in the days after Oktober 31st, 1940.
So, I almost can come to the conclusion that Holm’s Conrad and Falck’s Philipp are the same person as Dietrich von Bothmer. But why these different names?

Jaap Woortman