Thanks again, Chris
Perhaps you, or John, can help with the following. please. It's purported to be an extract of Wilhelm Schaefer's account of 11 August:
I'll now supplement tills with my own personal experience. The' Stab' (Staff Flight) machines of ZG 2, flown by Gescbwader kommodore Oberstleutnant Friedrich Vollbracht, and Geschwaderadjutant Oberleutnant Wilhelm Schaefer with Bordfunker Oberleutnant de Wilde, flew this mission with the Staff Flight of 1. Gruppe, ZersfOrergeschwader 2 under Major Otto.
Within this formation I flew on the left side of the Kommodore's machine. When the English aircraft attacked, a Hurricane from the right got into position right behind him. I got into a good firing position and, with a smoking engine, he dived steeply downwards.
So, according to the above, Schaefer was the pilot and Oblt de Wilde his observer.
But, John records in his excellent
Zerstorer book that Schaefer was the
observer in Oblt Gunther Hensel's aircraft! Something is amiss, methinks!
Perhaps this has been discussed previously?
Cheers and thanks
Brian