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Re: Lt. Fritz Kelb
Hallo Matthias,
If memory does not fail me, Wolfgang Späte "do mention" that the selected members of Ekdo 16 were all glider pilots of experience (experienced on gliders). My sample is not at hand now, but stored some 300km away....so maybe someone can confirm this.
Personally I believe (but can not prove with a document) that KELB was also a Glider Pilot, with at least a C-License (DLV or NSFK) obtained earlier and prior to his Luftwaffe training. But in History, without documents, you do have only a theory....you need documents to prove your theory (which I do not know if have survived). Maybe someone can check if his Personal File have survived in the Bundesarchiv...if so, all the answers may be there.
My own JG 7 book (Boehme) does only mention that Kelb's previous unit was JG 400.
Humbly yours,
A.
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