[Theo Boiten]

Hello Larry,

You are quite right that the hand-written Flak and Flak searchlight claims are, in many cases, hard to read, and many of them are faded on the microfilms. However, I have now been working on these claims (especially those covering the Battle of Berlin period, 2nd half of 1943 to March 44) for the last three months and have positively deciphered about 95 % of all the entries. Some with the aid of German linguistic specialistst and experienced German researchers. I have decided to edit all the available information about these Flak claims into the narratives and Abschuss listings in the manuscript of the NJWD 2nd edition -together with the other primary sources available to me, I can now make excellent reconstructions of even the hardest to reconstruct 'Wild Boar' air battles over the German cities under attack in 1943-44. The research results are astonishing, and will all be presented in the NJWD 2nd edition.

Cheers, Theo