[Larry Hickey]

Ed.

Yes, potentially a very useful reference source, but at about US $9,000 the FB info will likely go into a private collection and never see the light of day anytime soon. If the info in the sales promotion write up is an accurate reflection of what is in the FB, and all the victory claims were officially credited (a highly unlikely event), this could fill in about 20% of the missing victory claims info on the Ring/Bock loss lists for II./ZG1 and III./ZG76 for 1940. Nodinger was apparently a member of 6./ZG1 which was re-designated 9./ZG76 during 07.40. His name does not even appear on the Ring/Bock victory lists for these two units.

Here is what I quickly extracted from the sales promotion flyer (not verified against the FB page fragments shown) for the 1939-40 period. This is the material that relates to the EoE research project.

Hellmut Nodinger pilot Bf109 & Bf110

Uffz/Fw (promoted 01.01.40) Hellmut Nodinger (3./JGr101 - 6./ZG1 - 9/ZG76). DoB 09.04.15. EK2 awarded 24.05.40. EK1 awarded unknown date. Summary info from FB for sale lists victories claimed on 18 or 21 Dec 1939 (Wellington); Western Campaign: 02.06.40 (Potez 63); 04.06.40 (French Curtiss); 04.06.40 (Swiss Bf109); 08.06.40 (Swiss Bf109); and 11.6.40 (Spitfire Portland England); Battle of Britain: 08.08.40 (Hurricane England); 13.08.40 (Hurricane Yeovil, England); 15.08.40 (Hurricane); 29.08.40 (Spitfire); and 08.09.40 (Hurricane Isle of Wight).

It's possible that someone obtained a copy of this critical 4th FB before it went on the market, or was otherwise able to extract info from it. If someone out there did, or a member of the family reads this, I'd sure like to hear from them.

Regards,