[Johannes]

Hi Guys

I have just had the opportunity to view Schäfer's rudder, and I am informed it is Schäfer's. Seems he made eight claims in all.

I zoomed in and played around with the image as much as I can, and can say that as we know numbers 1 & 2 are marked as claimed in the West(JG 27), the next four I cannot be certain but appear also to be against Western aircraft, the seventh is for sure carrying the Sowiet star, and cannot be sure on the eighth, but likely also Sowiet. Sometimes unconfirmed claims were included on the rudder markings.......Herbert Rollwage's for sure, by memory his third claim, and marking was unconfirmed, and was marked as so.

I would say that with all likelihood Schäfer had eight confirmed claims, two with JG 27, four with JG 77 and two with JG 5. However I do not believe(or cannot make-out) dates on the rudder claims bars, so cannot confirm those I listed except those with JG 27. Perhaps somebody more computer literate than myself can play with the photo.

Kind Regards

Johannes