[Andreas Brekken]

Hi, again

I have not mentioned overclaim from the allied side at all - I have only mentioned that we cannot find any loss related to some of the claims, and offered several explanations.

And again you twist the reality to suit your needs:

Your primary statement is that the Luftwaffe DELIBERATELY doctored their reports in order to hide their losses. You have repeated this in so many threads that it is kind of getting boring, but without offering evidence, except as far as I can recall from a former thread 5 'cases' where you indicate that a loss record was not filed, or there were errors in the reports. At least one of those 5 concerns a loss that happened in April 1945. The files we have accessible in archives stop on April 2nd, no doubt the reason being that the records filed after that date never made it out of Berlin, and could either be in former archives of the Soviet union or lost forever - but to use this as an example for a loss record not being made is not very scientific.

I have never stated that the records from the Genst.Gen.Qu.6.Abt are perfect, they are not! But they are not, as you dismiss them as, purely statistical data - they contain all data necessarily for detailed information on the aspect of aircraft damage and losses. The major problem is that we would like them to be complete (thus locate the missing records dated 03.01.1944 through 31.01.1944), not that the ones we have are not good enough for the dates covered.

One of the major aspects here is also in fact the problem related to destruction or poor handling of records by allied forces after the end of the war (for example the Auxerre repair facility records, where the original Lebenslaufakten for hundreds of FW 190's were destroyed, and the resulting lists made by the allied forces not being near as detailed as we should wish), and the fact that some archives are not open to the public (re archoves of the former Soviet Union and Luftwaffe records at the National archives in Olso, Norway).

And your statement about the people in the Genst.Gen.Qu.6.Abt. making up a workload not to end up at the eastern front is really not good form. The opposite is probably closer to the truth - the work they did in order to record and control the resources of the Luftwaffe was so important that they had to stay in Berlin to the bitter end. Original records I have researched show that they received basic infantry training in the courtyard of the RLM building in order to defend this if and when the Soviet forces appeared. And yes, they probably were more use behind a desk. If you had bothered to check the list of the employees, you would have noted that they were not men in the appropriate fighting age, but senior men and young women for the most part.

It is remarks like the ones you make with regards to fruit and eurobureaucrats that foils your entire line of argumentation... it does not come across as very serious.

And yes, I have read Kafka, and probably more literature than most. If you are trying to come across as an intellectual, I would suggest you try to rephrase and even reconsider some of your entries.

It would also be of interest if you could post some of your research with sources, so other people could see what you have done and give input with regards to the validity of your findings.

And as I stated in another thread this morning - maybe one should consider getting back to some real research, as I believe that you will not want to accept any opinions not coinciding with your own anyways.

Regards,
Andreas B