Searching for info on diary for I./ZG1 Gunner during 1940

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Eric-Jan, Wim and others,

I am glad that Eric-Jan has saved even more (and seemingly the most important) parts of Bundrock's legac, than I already did know. Thanks to Eric-Jan's letters of Bundrock to his parents, I was able to dismantle the silly myth that the crew of Knacke/Bundrock did shot down 5 bombers in the night of 16.17 September 1942 >
1) these 5 did not fit at all with the known victories of Knacke and the airfield from with he (and the 1./NJG 1) were operating in September 1942.
2) this event - which should have been a proud moment to recollect for a German nightfighter crew but a very tragical loss for the RAF - was not mentioned in Bundrock's memoirs at all
3) these 5 victories do not show up in the Abschussliste of the RLM Abt. für Auszeichnungen und Disziplin

Another example to express that the Nonnenmacher-Ring list of nocturnal victories of the Nachtjagdgeschwader should be used with upmost care.

Dear Wim: perhaps the memoirs of Bundrock do read like a diary for you, in a way I do agree because Bundrock gives a very personal description of his war time adventures, but in a strict sense it is not a daily account of what happened to him as is usual in diaries.

I have several, non professional reproductions of photo's which must come from the Bundrock collection, how I wish that this was done more professionaly! It's sad to read that others did not return those pictures because these could illustrate much of what Bundrock has described.

All the best, Marcel