[John Vasco]

'...In the new first chapter on the Sitzkrieg, the I./ZG 76 events of 14th and 17th April described towards the end actually belong in the next chapter covering Scandinavian operations...' Not directly connected to Scandinavian ops.. so we decide where to place it, not you.

I./StG 77 existed at the same time as I./StG 1.

II. Gruppe was formed from IV.(N) Gruppe of Jagdgeschwader 2 on 1 July 1940, although the Gruppe was renamed III./NJG 1. The second formation occurred the same date, 1 July, from renaming Z./Kampfgeschwader 30 (Zerstörer/KG 30). So, the II. Gruppe was immediately re-named III. Gruppe. So your contention that there were two 4./NJG 1s is wrong.

Yep, A2 is a typo on page 85. As is your 2A in your reply. Oh dear! Typos happen in every work...

Why the need to show a mass transfer of units?

What are the errors in the table on page 97?

‘..The use of underwing tanks on Bf 110s has, up to present, believed to have first occurred on the Bf 110s of ZG 26 in early 1941…’ This is no more than a statement of what has gone before in print by others. The book states that K9+AH on 24th May was a ‘D-1’, so what’s your problem with your long-winded paragraph? Please explain your words ‘…so not a D-0 as printed here…’ as the logic of it escapes me.
‘By implication’ – what does that mean. Implication of what?

You state that DE+CJ (3321/3322) was ‘…the first of the D-0/B factory conversions delivered by Messerschmitt Augsburg in June 1940…’. Perhaps you have looked at a different document than Petrick/Mankau, since their book shows that the block 3311-3418 only commenced production/completion from July 1940.

DB 601 Ns. Petrick/Mankau page 27 references this engine. Also, my interview(s) with Wolfgang Schenck in which he mentioned in detail the receipt of ‘N’ engined Bf 110s shortly after the loss of Martin Lutz on 27th September 1940, and his immediate flying of them in October 1940.

If the Scandinavian campaign was not to secure Germany’s northern flank (as well as exploiting all that it could from the countries invaded), then you tell me what the point of it was.

After the fall of Dunkirk, look at any campaign map and you will see that the German army struck west & south. Or maybe they did not – you tell me…

Regrettably, your many slips in your post show that, notwithstanding the depth of any research you have done (I am not aware of anything you have published, since you do not post on here with your real name), you have made mistakes in your post.

So, tell us all who you really are...