[David Ransome]

Hi Nick,

I agree with all that you said, it certainly ties in with what was said to me a couple of years back by an ex Luftwaffe ministry man (shortly before he passed on, unfortunately). There could be duplication in the records where an aircraft shown as damaged in the loss report was then recorded in the other. There were also, apparently, cases of aircraft returning to their original units bearing their original codes causing some problems where another aircraft in the meantime had been assigned the same codes - although I don't have any records in my own database which specifically show this.

Also, from my notes taken at the time, there would be cases where a unit would expect an aircraft to come back to them after overhaul or repair - again, I don't have any evidence myself other than 'hearsay'. I understood this to be the case particularly where an aircraft was a 'special' for whatever reason.

It would be interesting to hear of anything in support or otherwise!

Regards,

David