Ernst Stengl dies

[Dénes Bernád]

1. Document is wrong. This cannot be excluded
2. Stengl scored also with RUM.49(I'll check). No. That particular squadron was equipped with the domestically-made I.A.R. 80/81
3. Rumania had some sort of points system! Yes, it did. This could be one plausible explanation
4. He had as many unconfirmed as confirmed. I cannot comment on this

[Johannes]

Hi Denes

Strange that RUM.49's claims(no matter how few) should appear on the Micro Films! JG52 and JG51's foreign units do, but you would expect this as they were basically a staffel within German units. Only others I could find like this were some Italian claims in 1944, they seemed particulary unsuccessful! The Micro Films do seem complete for JG52 for this period. I have twenty-eight for Woidich that are not recorded on the Micro Films, as his comrades do, and they do appear out of the ordinary for him, I think they are spurious, Woidich's personal abschusse list certainly ommits them!

Regards

Johannes

[yogybär]

May Herr Stengl rest in peace, my compassion is with his family.

Interesting thread, this. Indeed there are some claims of "49.rum." in Tony Woods claim lists, as there are some losses of romanian units in the GQM-lists. Maybe some of teh Sachbearbeiter (file-managing office guys) just didn't know how to handle this. Nearly nbelievable, but true: Even german (military) bureaucracy is not faultless .