Late-war Me262 Encounter over Northern Germany

[Nick Beale]

if it helps, "over the bridgehead" on 30 April probably refers to Lauenburg on the Elbe, quite a long way south of Lübeck.

[azapf1972]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

if it helps, "over the bridgehead" on 30 April probably refers to Lauenburg on the Elbe, quite a long way south of Lübeck.

Nick,

I think so - the 11. Armoured reached Lübeck May 2nd - and they did come across the intermediate base of the 10./NJG 11 on the Highway to Lübeck. Flying time is rather short - I have just been up there in a Cessna, it only is about 50 Kilometers from the outskirts of Hamburg to Lübeck... nothing not to handle... I just cannot find and matching loss in the Records of Events for the Tempest Sqns... - maybe I'll check the Typhoons to make sure they did not mix up the types...

Andreas

[Erich]

Georg did not engage Tempests wait for the book on K. Welter and his merry band....

E ~

[Larry deZeng]

Andreas Z.,

I have never heard of the website you cited above. I went to it and found that there is no way to sample the contents without joining. In other words, I should buy the car without test driving it. So, what is this site all about? In what ways is it different from this website? If they do not want people to preview its contents, then it sounds like a good site to avoid. Can you let us know something about it?

Thanks,

L.

[azapf1972]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

Andreas Z.,

I have never heard of the website you cited above. I went to it and found that there is no way to sample the contents without joining. In other words, I should buy the car without test driving it. So, what is this site all about? In what ways is it different from this website? If they do not want people to preview its contents, then it sounds like a good site to avoid. Can you let us know something about it?

Thanks,

L.

Larry,

my understanding of the site "mentioned above" is that it tries to step in where the old LEMB forum finished when it was closed down earlier this year. Not sure why the forum is not "open" to non-registered readers but as I am not running it, I cannot comment on it.

Andreas

[Larry deZeng]

Originally Posted by azapf1972

Larry,

my understanding of the site "mentioned above" is that it tries to step in where the old LEMB forum finished when it was closed down earlier this year. Not sure why the forum is not "open" to non-registered readers but as I am not running it, I cannot comment on it.

Andreas

Thanks, Andreas. That's very helpful and just the comparison I was looking for.

L.

[Clint Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Larry deZeng

Thanks, Andreas. That's very helpful and just the comparison I was looking for.

L.

Dear Larry,

I am currently part of the team who has launched the new LRG (Luftwaffe Research Group) 'forum' in question. Due to the LEMB forum closing, several like minded individuals decided to start a new fresh forum dedicated to research into the history of the Luftwaffe. I hope that you will consider signing up to have a look around prior to passing judgement on our new venture. The reason for a members only viewing and posting system is so that we can ensure that the forum is not compromised by spammers. You are very much welcome to sign up to the our LRG forum, it is free of course. Given your experience and due to your exemplary published works on Luftwaffe history, I would be glad if you would consider contacting me via pm on the personal messaging system via this forum (TOCH), where I would be more than happy to manually register you onto our system.

Kind regards

Clint Mitchell

[azapf1972]

Originally Posted by Erich

Georg did not engage Tempests wait for the book on K. Welter and his merry band....

E ~

Erich,

many thanks for the feedback here and elsewhere - much appreciated. As with many things on Welter's group, it is hard to separate fact from fiction (and given that I have not found supporting evidence in the records, I had already put this one down on the "most likely fiction" side of things).

The next problem, of course, is then navigating in "misplaced events in time" and "former publisher beefed up things a bit" judgments... especially since most publishers have decided to work without revealing their sources....

What's your target date on your work about Welter? Any ideas yet?

Andreas