[Larry deZeng]

Don -

The Steinamanger one above that I used as an example IS from 3 Luftwaffe reports filed by the Fliegerhorstkommandantur, each about 8 hours apart and each updating the previous one. Each was a Fernschreiben, the first Blitz ZZZZ, the second ZZZ and the third ZZ.

I have seen perhaps 50 of these Luftwaffe-generated reports out of the thousands that must have been made over the course of the war and none included the identify of the units the destroyed and damaged aircraft belonged. Each unit was supposed to report that themselves and of course when they did they only included their own aircraft. There are a few exceptions to this, but not many. Sorting out the ownership of the burned out wrecks on the landing area and in the dispersals was apparently not the responsibility of the Horst Kommandant.

So Andrew's statement is absolutely correct and probably true for the entire wartime period.

Larry