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Originally Posted by lpunktlpunkt
Hi Nick,
I just read through your "Using Ultra" posts on the ghostbombers website. I was wondering whether you ever came across any intercepted messages that mentioned individual German fighter pilots (e.g. Galland, Mölders, etc.) by name.
I would be interested whether there are intercepted messages in which pilots get recommended for awards or to be mentioned in the dispatches (or "Wehrmachtberichte").
Before I dive deeper into the DEFE3 files it would be good to know if there are at least any clues of such intercepts actually existing.
Thank you very much for your great work and help!
-LL
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Many, many personnel are mentioned by name in the messages. I don't recall any recommendations for awards but there are numerous announcements of medals given to individuals, or congratulations. Sometimes a unit will report the victories achieved by its pilots.
From memory, I've only seen Galland mentioned as a general and Moelders as the name of a Geschwader, maybe because my main interest is 1944-45 and I have never looked at anything between January 1941 and the end of 1943.
You may not see much of this in DEFE3 because it was not information of much value to senior Allied commanders. The HW5 files are the place to look.