Jeremy
I have Eric's Band 1 and Band 2 books.
My interest relates to 151 Wing (RAF Hurricane unit) which I have been researching for a number of years now. Is a book one day!
At 11.45am, 12th September 1941 P/O 'Bas' Bush of 81 Sqn iin his Hurricane operating from Vaenga, traded shots with the rear gunner of a Bf110 NW of Murmansk. Can't find the source at the moment, (I think it is the dialy logs of 1(H)/32) that the pilot was named as Fransisket. The Bf110 was damaged but there was no listing in the quartermasters returns - probably 10% or so. I had hoped his log book might have survived and was thinking about trying to find the family (there is only 5 of so Fransiskets in Germany). Seems you are already in contact with the family?.
You websight was very interesting. A few things I noticed.
1.(Z)/JG77 was the first unit up 25.01.42 it became 6.(Z)/JG5. This only last six weeks before it became 10.(Z)/JG5 on 16.03.42. On 26.06.42 it changed to its last deisngation 13.(Z)/JG5.
See
http://www.ww2.dk/air/jagd/jg5.htm
I think Fransisket was only with ZG1 for four days or so before he was MIA/killed.
I assume you have no log book?
Thanks for your response.Very interesting.
regards
Mark