[Johannes]

Hi Guys

I have a typed-out version of Steinhoff's flugbuch. Also a list officially complied on 10th June 1944.

At the end of 1941 he was making claims(official list) that are not noted on the typed-out flugbuch.

No two lists ever match for him, be it mikrofilms, official list, or flugbuch.

In his written account his first combat sortie in the Me262 is inferred to be against an Il-2 which he shoots down, the crew escaping a crash-landing into a snow drift. He also mentions the Bf109E in September 1944, which would appear to be missing from his flugbuch.

You would think the flugbuch more likely to be correct as completed shortly after each sortie, though any claims are often under described, often just mentioned as abschüß. This is typical for a flugbuch. With abschüßeliste many are written post-war, but Steinhoff's is dated. One of his September 1944 claims happens on a day when he wasn't even flying according to his flugbuch.

Clearly even official document include mistakes.

Keep well

Johannes