[Jochen Prien]

Dear Franck,

I'm awfully sorry for the confusion I caused by ( too ) quickly answering from my office desk and based solely on my - faulty - memory. You are right of course in observing that Wolfgang Lippert was Hauptmann by the time this photo was taken and that he was C.O. of II./JG 27 and not Staffelkapitän of 5./JG 27.

So here we go again: the victory tally belongs to the a/c of Hptm. Wolfgang Lippert, then Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 27. The exact date and location of the photo are not known and leave some pace for further research.

Regards

Joche Prien