[Marcel van Heijkop]

As I./KG66's self-appointed archivist and wannabe author of their unit history I can confirm that John Stanley's "The Exbury Junkers: A WW2 Mystery" is still the best book on this subject. John and I corresponded a lot about this apparently strange case at the time.

Incredibly as it may seem today - and especially for a Pathfinder unit - such Verlegungflüge or transfer flights were considered pretty much routine (boring...) and flight preparation could be very sloppy..It was also very common to carry the aircraft's own groundcrew on board as this was the fastest way of getting them to the desired airfield.

PS Stanley's book is highly recommended

Best regards,

Marcel