[Johannes]

Hi Guys

Another very strange one, kind of reminds me of Walter Dahl's end of war claims. John Foreman always thought that Dahl was shall we say a little less than honest(claims to Allied loses information) Whereas I having acquired(post publication) Dahl's Leistungsbuch and in my opinion Dahl didn't make fake claims in the last months of the war, but merely constructed a list, so nothing official, yet he gives an over inflated total of his claims in his 1964 publication. If my aged memory serves me correctly his total has varied over the years, possibly via Ernst Obermaier's publication, perhaps Ernst was fed some made-up data. Other JV44 pilots don't mention any Kirchmayr super-success with them. Perhaps the flugbuch itself if fake, or post-war amended, I think Steinhoff's was amended by Hans Ring, but it could be easy enough to tell.

Kind Regards

Johannes