8./JG 2 Staffelkapitän

[Kapper]

Larry,

I understand. When I first started researching the Luftwaffe as a youngster, I made a lot of notes without referencing the source (It’s a hobby to me – I’m not a professional researcher). Being on the other side of the world, accessing primary sources is not easy, so I tend to rely on secondary sources (books / internet etc). However, using such sources has created many questions (and conflict in data) so I began taking notes of the source, but this has slowed me down considerably. Also, it’s all became on big mess with referenced and unreferenced data (which I’m trying to correct as I go) therefore I’m currently trying to put it all into some logical order. A very time consuming task, so I imagine that the task you and Doug have set yourself would not be easy.

Anyway, thanks for your efforts. I find Doug and your work a very useful source, so keep up the good work.

Regards,

Craig…