[Johannes]

Hi Nick

Brendel, Josten along with Günther Schack are the three leading JG 51 aces I have long thought honest, and JG 51 overall better than most large units.
If I list Dahl's 1945 claims would you have a go at matching them. Bear in mind that I suspect they are not even over-claiming, I suspect Dahl just made them up slightly post-war !
I do accept I might be corrected on this, but firstly his witnesses are not flying when he stated them as witnesses, secondly surely as "Head of the fighters" he would be banned from combat. He mentions his huge total in his "rammjäger" book, but his Leistungsbuch might have been faked by somebody else.

Kind Regards

Johannes