Logbook of Lt. Josef "Jupp" Bürschgens 7./JG26

[Jochen Prien]

Larry,

to the best of my knowledge Josef Bürschgen's logbbok did not survive the war. When I met Josef Bürschgens in his home on the island of Sylt many years ago ( in the early 70's ), where after his retirement from the new Luftwaffe he was the representant of an art gallery, he gave me everything he still had that was related to his career as a fighter pilot in WW II to scrutinize and make copies of whatever I wanted. There was no flight log and I think I remember him saying that he never got it again after his release from captivity.

This of course doesn't completely and positively rule out that it still exists somewhere but at least it seems very unlikely.

Sorry, I wish I had better news.

Regards

Jochen