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Old 21st February 2016, 23:03
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Re: Junkers Ju88, 4D+??, 0205 from 5./KG 30

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Originally Posted by edNorth View Post
Foremans work is faulty in many ways, in my fact finding quest, I compared this to original loses in GQM. Maybe he was copying others (?) I do not know. Especially "1941" Often giving code for minour incidents, code that was carried by same W.Nr. weeks or months later, when it was lost (because otherwise not recorded). "Assuming same code" is this syndrome called, because, whereas Luftwaffe Unit codes often were carrried for as short time as one day.
I have heard that earlier, but because I have never personally tried to check the accuracy of his books, I leave the judgement to others who had done that. Thanks for the reinforcement of that info!
IMHO contemporary docus, even if not error free, are the most reliable source, then books by authors who have excellent reputation (but one has to remember that errorless books are very rare because they are products of human action so cross-checking when possible is very important) etc.

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