10./NJG 11 -- Me-262 related

[azapf1972]

Update November 22, 2014:

I have been seeing my last "reviewer" and although I have additional information that will need some time to research, it is at a level that I eventually may not be able to "proof" - in other words: I might be able to add one or the other "hint" or "suggestion" but let's face it: time to open up the discussion and see if anyone here may have additional insight for me.

Please see http://www.chronicles-of-the-luftwaffe.de/?p=716 for further comments and a download link. (Script in German language only at this time, translation will take time...)

Andreas

[leonventer]

Hi Andreas,

Magnificent work! Comprehensive, beautifully laid out, with excellent illustrations and reproductions of original documents. Your introduction on the challenges of reconciling all the available reference sources was very well done, and I look forward to studying the article in more detail.

Quick question: I noticed that some of the dates in the text are in bold, while others are not. What convention are you using for the distinction?

Thanks for sharing!

Best regards,
Leon Venter

[azapf1972]

Leon,

thanks for the flowers... a date in bold should be the first mentioning of the date so the idea was to give a reader some sort of quick "eye catcher" that leads to a specific date (like a calendar entry) and then not put it in bold when subsequently used or when a date is used "out of sync" (e.g. when it comes to Say January 2nd, 1945, I would put that in bold but if I would then have a sentence later saying "up until January 25th..." I would not have put the latter in bold.

Andreas

[leonventer]

Andreas,

Thanks for the explanation. The bold dates work very effectively as "eye catchers", and it's a good example of the care and attention to detail that obviously went into the document.

Regards,
Leon Venter

[SES]

Hi Andreas,
What a magnificent piece of work, but the apple does not fall too far from the tree ;-).
I am so looking forward to reading it.
For other Mossie countermeasures please see:
http://www.gyges.dk/Anti%20Mosquito.htm
and
http://www.gyges.dk/jamming_service%20Oboe.htm
mfg
SES

[azapf1972]

SES,

that's the problem with those trees... you either have to ax them or try to keep up with them - but it makes it easier, you can bounce ideas without getting that "blank stare" of someone who does not have an idea what you are talking about

Andreas

[SES]

mfg
SES

[azapf1972]

Cross-post from LRG Forum but completes this post:

"The deed is done (finally) and although I am still reviewing pages, I thought, it's Sunday and I should open up for visitors... the originally German document I published has now been removed and replaced by a web-based summary of what I was able to find out about 10./NJG11 (aka "Kommando Welter"). Please find the NEW pages here.

A few comments up front:
I have more material, especially copies of original documents, but I have decided to not publish them here since they do tend to "grow feet" quicker than one could look.
I have additional information but it is not related to the "core" of the events - it is mostly summaries and conclusions drawn based on the data available to me. I am not sure yet what to do with that information but it will be published at some point in time.
Copyrighted material (e.g. copies of documents from the Bundesarchiv) have been removed, all copies of documents presented are taken from other sources. I may remove one or the other copy of an original document over time, replacing it with a better readable reproduction when I get a chance.
If you want to comment, you can do so on the individual daily entries (which is why I have created the website this way). It is easier to channel the discussions and separate them by the topics.

I hope you enjoy the read - the German version did not provoke much feedback but I hope by making it accessible to a larger community (in English language), this may change. There are still many sources not exploited, I am particularly interested in contacts to RAF Pilots and/or RAF Groups that deal either with the individual Squadrons or 8 Group / 100 Group. Maybe together we can piece things together a bit more and do our part to adding to the puzzle

So far, so good...hope, you enjoy the read

Andreas

PS: ...and in case it is hard to figure out: click the individual calendar entries (main page) to get to the daily posts – from there, you can use either the calendar (main page) to get to the next available day or you use the small link at the top of each daily entry to move back and forth... the statistics currently don't tell me if people get beyond the landing page "

[Crimea River]

Link?

[Andrew Arthy]

Hi,

Link to Andreas' article is: http://www.kommando-welter.de/

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com/earticles