Oberst Johannes Fink KG2 1940

[steve sheridan]

Yes indeed Nick,
When Masons book first came out, I remember reading it for weeks!
i can say in all honesty, that this work was instrumental, in my interest in all things Luftwaffe!

Really looking forward to Christer Bergstrom's new publication too, on the BoB.

Best regards,
Steve

[Brian]

Hi Nick and Steve

I wholeheartedly agree - I still regularly refer to it, just bearing in mind that its not the BoB bible.

Cheers
Brian

[steve sheridan]

Brian,
Yes me too!
I still cannot believe that there's no plans , to publish an up to date version of... the other bible! The Battle of Britain Then and Now. Surely with the amount of recoveries, interest , and research in recent years, this would have been warranted.

Just out of interest, i am really surprised that so little information regarding the Battle of Britain, with particular emphasis on the RAF ORB 541 daily logs, from all the operational squadrons, as failed to come to light, on the internet.
There is so little information available, that for me, it means a near 300 mile round trip to Kew, to gather information .
Luftwaffe operations combats, claims and losses, generally speaking, are quite freely available on the net, with such wonderful sites like these,
that in comparison, there is little on the RAF side of things.
I dont know what other people think about this, perhaps its just me!
Best regs,
Steve.

[Brian]

Yes, Steve, it is strange that so little is available online. I, too, have quite a lengthy and time-consuming journey to the PRO.

For what it's worth, I have for many years been working on the BoB in co-operation with Bruce Lander, and we do have plans for publication in the not-too-distant future, but a lot depends on the time factor. I have a number of writing commitments (I usually work on two or three books simultaneously!!), so cannot be more precise. Stay around for a few more years!!

Cheers
Brian