[Morten Jessen]

Hej Jukka, thanks for your detailed input. I will present the material that I have discovered in my 15 years of research, but my aim is to tell the story and not just duplicate original documents. I do not see a point in doing that, unless they are essential to the story. I am writing a book, with an emphasis on good story-telling, rather than merely presenting the data. Some of the aspects you mentioned will be covered, but perhaps not in the level of detail you would desire.

We appreciate that the engineering side is important to the story, so we give it due attention. However, the majority of the aviation history community is more interested in the operational side and telling a good story, rather than the nuts-and-bolts engineering side of things. That is why you find most aviation history books focus on the combat aspect of an aircraft's history, rather than the technical.

I would love to know what thoughts the designers had regarding various aspects of the design process, but up until now I have not discovered any construction or engineer diaries. A few meeting minutes are available, but they are just a few in a line for probably hundreds or thousands of meetings held within the Henschel company or with BMW or other external partners.

Keep in mind that documentation on German aircraft is very often limited. You refer to a book on American aircraft types … they have a whole lot of documentation available. The factories probably still exist, and have complete archives :0) Things are a little different from the German side of things.

Cheers
Morten