[Johannes]

Hi Guys

Many thanks for your replies. I assumed that Villing's dates were accurate, but it seems not, moreover I wonder of his source. Just after his first claims he mentions three more "kills" two bombers and a fighter...…...that's quite vague, yet his first on 28th June 1941 and the second on 2nd July 1941 he goes into great detail. The next date he mentions is 5th July 1941 when he is awarded the Iron Cross first class, he then states that THREE DAYS LATER.....basically he clashes with Carganico and has a flying ban. The next day(9th July 1941)Villing states that he was grounded, but Carganico was airborne when their airfield was attacked, Villing was told by his z.b.V offizier to take-off, but Villing refused as he was "only allowed to take-off with Carganico's permission" Villing doesn't mention the date 9th July 1941, but says it was the day after his grounding which he say occurred three days after 5th July 1941. Then I do not understand his next statement too well, but he states that over the next few days he was more often in airbattles with Russian fighters, "which forgave themselves quickly" Sorry I only have a computer translation into English, but I would guess he ment "they had forgiven each other" ???
I am working on correcting/ the computer translation with Bernd Barbas, and I am missing at least a page, but just before his 25th July 1941 "Consolidated" adventure the paragraph ends "burns disfigured me. After 14 days I was fit again" Then a mention of a belly-landing, flaf, 100% destroyed e.t.c.

Brian I ask permission to share the letter with you, but don't know if Bernd has it on lone.

Kind Regards

Johannes