[Adriano Baumgartner]

Chris, I know you are a pretty busy man so, if and when possible, would it be possible to inform or share the number of total hours flown by Mölders at the beginning of WW2 (the day of his 1st Feindflug for instance)?

I am curious to know his grand total at the beginning of WW2. On another book it (by Sims) it is said that in the French Campaign, Roland Beamont did have around 110 total flying hours....Quite a difference with Mölders who may have already had some 2,000 total hours (in my humble guess) when he entered combat in September 1939. He flew for 2 years as a Flight Instructor and flew in Spain many combat sorties....so my guess is around 2,000 total flying hours by the starting of his WW2.

I am aware that Col. Raymond Toliver and Trevor Constable also did had had access to Mölders' Flugbuch on their "Horrido" book; but they did not inform Mölders' total hours...just compare his to Robert S Johnson's victories and combat sorties (statistic).

Most humbly yours and curious. Hope you and wife are all safe and in health.

Adriano