Loss of 5 Bf 109s on 18 October 1944

[Paul Thompson]

Originally Posted by Jochen Prien

Paul,

I cannot quite follow the figures you're quoting since neither on the 18th not on the 19th were there any missions flown by the day fighters of Lfl. Reich...

KR

Jochen Prien

Hello Jochen,

Thank you for replying to what must have appeared a very strange message from me, given the information that you just provided! Clearly, I should have carefully refreshed my memory of Chris Shores' 2 TAF book and Don Caldwell's work before assuming that archival data is the sole truth.

Appearances notwithstanding, I have not made the numbers up, they come from a document at Freiburg I have just sent you a private message with the details. I suspect that the problem may be that the document covers losses reported on a particular date, so the aircraft were actually lost some time before these dates. I hope that with the full details of the document in hand, you will be able to clarify this issue,

Warm regards,

Paul Thompson