|
Hello!
Yes I know/knew everything you wrote about Stkz already - that's why the title "anomaly".
Actually this "fight" is not my fight at all - I'm acting sort of middleman here.
It should be noted too that the code JU+XY is mentioned three times in the unit diary at three different dates. The unit in question is 1./LeLv 34 and their war diary is at Sota-arkisto, Helsinki, archival code spk 17937.
First time the codes "DL+IC" and "JU+XY" are mentioned at May 17th, 1943. These two planes were left at Malmi (Helsinki), while nine Bf 109s went to Utti lead by Luukkanen. Next time the two planes are mentioned May 19th, 1943 when a painter from VL (Valtion Lentokonetehdas) arrived at Malmi to paint planes "MT-217 (JU+XY)" and "MT-222 (DL+IC)". Third time they are mentioned on the next day (20th) when the planes "MT-217 (JU+XY)" and "MT-222 (DL+IC)" were painted and ready.
Of the Keskinen et all reprint etc. I hope am not creating any hard feelings on the part of the authors, but the text of the reprinted book has had only cosmetic changes. That the book doesn't give any "new" Stkz is the direct result of no new real research done since the first edition.
AFAIK Gerhard Stemmer has been consulted and reportedly is on the brink of accepting that code JU+XY did exist. Was it the Stkz is another matter (though what would it be then?).
With Best regards,
Kari
|