Anyone ever found Luftwaffe Kill Reports?

[Larry deZeng]

Marv -

It sounded in Post #7 like you were unaware that a good scout by the name of Tony Wood had tirelessly reworked the 12 rolls of 35mm IWM claims microfilms into a digital data resource and installed it on the internet. I realize that your principal objective is to find the underlying reports that justified and supported the claims, but I thought my little contribution about the website might be helpful, too.

Over the past 40 years, I have trawled my way through nearly all of the surviving Luftwaffe records on microfilm and those in paper form at BA-MA Freiburg and I recall seeing only 3 or 4 of the combat reports you seek. For decades it was rumored that many thousands of these reports did survive the war and were in private hands. The name of the individual most often mentioned to be in possession of this collection was Hans Ring who, at the time, lived in the Munich area. I have never seen proof of any of this conjecture and the last time I even heard mention of it was a good 10 years ago.

L.