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Originally Posted by Modeldad
Thank you for the information. It is appreciated and useful.
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Thanks! Glad it helped.
I can add the names of the veterans which according to the introduction having contributed through interviews, log books, photos and other information. Others have contributed anonymously.
The ranks are obviously not from the BoB but rather their highest rank in service;
Luftwaffe:
Obst a.D. Gerhard Baeker; Maj a.D. Hans-Ekkehard Bob; Oblt Johannes Broschwitz; Hptm Hugo Dahmer; Adolf Galland; Obst a.D. Gordon M. Gollob; Major a.D. Hans Hahn; Obstlt Hans-Joachim Jabs; Maj a.D. Erhard Jähnert; Oblt Erwin Leykauf; Lt Hermann Neuhoff; Genlt a.D. Günter Rall; Maj a.D. Gerhard Schöpfel; Gen a.D. Johannes Steinhoff; Genlt a.D. Hannes Trautloft.
RAF:
Group Capt. Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader; S/Ldr. Cyril Bamberger; Air/C. James Coward; W/Cdr. Thomas Dalton-Morgan; W/Cdr. John Francis Durham "Tim" Ellkington; W/Cdr.John Connell Freeborn; Gr/Capt Donald O. Finlay; W/Cdr, W/Cdr. Robert Foster; F/Lt. John Peter Bowtell Greenwood; S/Ldr. James C.F. Hayter; Air Vice Marshall James Edgar Johnsson; Jennifer Baker-David & Sally Ratledge / F/Lt. Norman Taylor; S/Ldr. Douglas Tidy; W/Cdr. Robert R. Stanford Tuck.
I can also mention that there are three maps in colour, whereof two are marking the RAF and Lw bases with unit and aircraft type respectively.
Br
Goran