Account by Heinrich Weiss of 1940 Western Campaigns

[Larry Hickey]

Brian,

Thanks for your comments. I'm not optimisic that the widow will be able to help much--and I'm not fluent in German. Off board, I've now received the names and addresses of two female family members, one of whom is probably the widow, although I'm not sure which one she is.

I'm aware of Peter's holdings on this in detail, and he has always been most helpful. I'm still hoping that there is a Belgian air-war manuscript, and perhaps an overall one on all or part of the French Campaign, that may have been shared with some of the primary researchers in those areas, similar to what I was able to acquire in Holland on the Dutch Campaign. Maybe these don't exist, but I'm still looking. Maybe what you and Peter have is the majority or even all of what does exist of the manuscript. I just don't know to what state of completeness Heinrich had brought his research at the time of his death. Do you know the answer to this? Are there separate, complete, or relatively complete manuscripts in existence on the Belgian and French parts of the Western Campaign, similar to what he produced on Holland? And then there is still the question of the vast research archive behind the manuscripts.

From off board communications it appears that the Battle of Britain material was nowhere near a complete manuscript on the subject, although Heinrich had acquired a lot of data in a rough form.

I want to thank everyone who has responded to my requests for information on this, both on and off board. Your info is much appreciated.

Regards