[Johannes]

Hi Michel

Obtained from the mikrofilms, and by myself only, I found 51 confirmed claims for Knappe with 5./JG51, then with 7./JG2:-

30th December 1942 B-17 1145 hrs 5000 metres Nr.52
6th March 1943 Stirling 1511 hrs 4000 metres Nr.53
28th June 1943 B-17 1903 hrs 50 metres! Nr.54

With 10./JG 2 a B-17 Paris area 0950 hrs 6000 metres Nr.55

Two unconfirmed:-

29th May 1942 unknown Russian type
2nd September 1943 Spitfire Bethune area 2025 hrs


Answer to the confusing is only fifty-five "kills". It's a bit like Erwin Lastowski, everything we have known before suggested forty-six "kills", yet mikrofilms state fifteen, as does his flugbucher……….things just gets duplicated, mistakes and all.


Kind Regards


Johannes