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Originally Posted by Andy Fletcher
Hi Tom,
Nick Beale's excellent Ghost Bombers site states that Sommer was St.Kap. 3/JG2 for his 29 Feb 44 claim and at the time of his death on 14Mar44. ...Maybe Nick could shed some light on the matter.
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I think I decided that the "Stab I./JG 2" entries in the claims list were likely to have been mistaken given that everything else pointed to Sommer as Sta.Kap. of 3./JG 2. Claim and loss lists aren't infallible - they were compiled by people!
The idea of him deputising for Hohagen for a few days could certainly make sense but can we read anything into the absence of claims by the Kommandeur? Maybe he didn't fly, maybe he did without success.
Another angle: does anyone know who was Kap. of 3./JG 3 before Sommer and for how long?
If anyone can sort this out, I'll update the site with due credit to them.