Eagle Days: Life and Death for the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain

[John Vasco]

Originally Posted by Siko54

John, as a big fan of your work (your Zerstorer book has pride of place on my shelf) I hope you don’t mind some feedback. I watched the livestream and was active in the chat aswell, but I felt you came across as combative, opinionated and argumentative. It was a great shame as you could have added a huge amount to the stream if you had engaged in a more constructive manner. You may not have seen, but woody posted some comments on YouTube after the livestream about your input and how disruptive it was, which was very unusual of him.

Siko: I posted facts.
1)She said the Stuka couldn't be used (after its maulings on 16th & 18th August) because it didn't have the range to reach London. Now, between 18th August and 7th September (the first major daylight raid on London) the Luftwaffe went after 11 Group airfields big-style! Stuka units could have been deployed in the Pas-de-Calais area and been involved in these raids against 11 Group airfields. The Stuka units had traversed a greater distance to attack 12 Group targets on 16th & 18th August. That's all I pointed out.
2) She said that fighter bomber attacks occurred later in the Battle when Bf 109 units had to switch a Staffel over to the fighter-bomber configuration. Sorry, do me a favour! The Bf 109 E fighter-bombers of 3. Staffel, Erprobungsgruppe 210 were in action from 13th July onwards.

Who is 'Woody'? Why didn't he come direct to me and put his points? If he knows who I am he can get me easily on Facebook. I will happily chat to him.

Sorry, but there are too many bleedin' wet-nellies nowadays who get offended at the slightest thing. I have done (as have others) hard-nosed primary document and personnel research (i.e. getting into archives, and interviewing and corresponding with those on both sides who took part) for decades to reach the point where I have had works published. Works based on facts (not suppositions) pertaining to the Battle. I can back up everything I say. The legal tenet of 'He who asserts must prove' has guided me over the decades in my writing, and my social media comments. I'm am NEVER going to compromise myself, nor the factual information I have, for these cry-arses!

Finally, the live stream, as you will know, moved so fast that I could not elaborate on a part-comment of mine(you are only allowed so many words and it cut off part of my posts, so you will not have seen it) on a couple or more occasions, as the stream had advanced and comments had moved on tremendously. So re your comment about adding a huge amount, sorry, that was impossible. I just sat and watched in the end...