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Post No.39 refers.

Andreas, I find your post little bit hard to follow.

Firstly, loss of WNr 8198. Here you are saying: "...this aircraft is listed as being lost 60% by Stab/JG 27 on June 18th 1941 - but it is also noted as lost 100% on June 25th 1941 - one of these must be erroneous. II./JG 52 had Bf 109F's on strength according to their strength returns at that time - Stab/JG 27 did not - I know which loss I have marked as dubious with regards to validity."

Perhaps you meant to say the following: ... this aircraft is listed as being lost 60% by Stab/JG 27 on June 18th 1941 - but it is also noted as lost 100% on June 25th 1941 by II./JG 52 ...

Secondly, loss of WNr 9694. The first reference to this loss as Bf 109 F-2 came from yourself in this very thread in Post No.11. Now, you are saying that it might have been the Bf 109 E-7. So, which one is it then? If the W.Nr. was correct, there should be no ambiguity on the Bf 109 model.

I feel that you might be upset about this, although I see no particular reason for it.

I wish to take this opportunity to apologize to Ralph Zimmer, whose findings, now disputed, I posted. Although this was done with his prior consent, in order to avoid disputes such as this unfortunate one, I will refrain from posting other researchers' findings, even though with the full reference as to source being given in good faith.

I trust that the above clarifies the matter.

Sinisa