[John Manrho]

Andreas,

I checked numerous records and came up with the following;

Lt. Heinrich Hackler was Staffelführer 11./JG 77 until his death on 1.1.45. This is supported by NVM and other documents. I assume your source is RL2-III-1172/48, but that seems clearly an error.

Lt. Hans-Ulrich Jung was Staffelführer 10./JG 3 until his death on 1.1.45. Again supported by NVM. I assume your source is RL2-III-1172/68, which must be wrong.

Lt. Walter Kropp was a young pilot (still Ofhr in Nov 1944) and was Staffelführer 6./JG 301 on 14.1.45 when he was wounded and Staffelführer 8./JG 301 on 2.3.1945 when he was killed. Source: Notes from NVM.

Lt. Heinz-Edgar Berres was killed as Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 77 on 25.7.1943 (NVM). In March/April 1943 he led 1./JG 77 and 3./JG 77 as Staffelführer, at least that is my believe.

Lt. Eberhard Bock was still Staffelführer of 3./JG 3 on 24.6.1941 (NVM). This allthough he had led the Staffel since Sept 1940. He later became Oberleutnant and Staffelkapitän of 3./JG 3 which became later 6./JG 1.

The others I did not check, but if your sources are Gen.Qm. records only I would be very carefull. These records are not the most accurate ones.

Thanks,

John.