Flugbuch Fw. Emil Handt, BF I./NJG3 late 1944-1945 -genuine or false?

[Theo Boiten]

Dear all,

One of my German contacts bought a copy of the Flugbuch of a Fw. Emil Handt, Bordfunker in I./NJG3 in late 1944-1945, in an eBay auction. The copy appears to have genuine pencil marks, like the linkage of the Feldpostnummer to NJG3. The Flugbuch has a remarkable number of ops flights, Abschüsse/Feindberührungen and Luftkämpfe in late 44 and 45 with different and well-known pilots in 1. and 3./NJG3, like Schröder, Koch, Jank, Husemann, Schadowski, Götze. A cross-check with the FB/LB of a number of these latter pilots brought to light that none of the ops flights/Abschüsse etc listed in the Emil Handt FB are documented in the latter FBer etc. I therefore have a suspicion that the Emil Handt Flugbuch may be a falsification...

I would welcome any comments if the Emil Handt FB is actualy genuine, or false.

Cheers, Theo