[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Marius, hello Franek,

First my compliments for having such a wonderful and interesting discussion!!! How often such discussions become a dog fight where not the weight of arguments count, but the desire to be the winner of the discussion whatever the evidence available may tell us... I do sincerely hope, that you will continue to exchange arguments and (perhaps) accepting alternative options.

Well, I do have an account, written in May 1945 by the former Waffenmeister H.Stahn who was in the I.ZG 1 as well before it became the nucleus of I.NJG 1.
Stahn also refers to HANS WENG and his bailing out and even adds the following: WENG quickly dismounted a MG from the crippled Bf110, took some ammunition and jumped. Thus he was able to return safely to his unit.
At least this small detail tells us that whatever story WENG told AFTER the war, the basics were already written down in May 1945.

All the best, Marcel Hogenhuis (Venlo airfield in WW-2, I.NJG 1, Nachtjagd)