New Military History Blog - first post about loss of Ju 188 in the East in 1944

[edNorth]

Originally Posted by Dan History

William Medcalf's book is a reasonable source for general, rather than specific, information.

That is tall statment. You effectively are saying all the critics commenting in Medcalfs two TOCH! book discussion threads are wrong, and Medcalf be reasonably right.
And them Ju 188 figures of yours/his, are other than I have, found, totals, versions and broken down. Period. But I am not copying them here. Others are also on the type (and watching) just not saying they are. But a few I know of have shown interest. I may have discussed such in the past but I see no need do so here. That will be my last comment here on this tread.

[Russ Fahey]

Originally Posted by edNorth

That is tall statment. You effectively are saying all the critics commenting in Medcalfs two TOCH! book discussion threads are wrong, and Medcalf be reasonably right.
And them Ju 188 figures of yours/his, are other than I have, found, totals, versions and broken down. Period. But I am not copying them here. Others are also on the type (and watching) just not saying they are. But a few I know of have shown interest. I may have discussed such in the past but I see no need do so here. That will be my last comment here on this tread.

HALLELUJAH!!!

[Dan History]

Ed,

You are misrepresenting what I wrote in your response:

Originally Posted by edNorth

You effectively are saying all the critics commenting in Medcalfs two TOCH! book discussion threads are wrong, and Medcalf be reasonably right.

Bill Medcalf's book is fine as a general reference to non-technical issues, which is how I have used it in my blog post. If I needed accurate technical information, including the numbers of aircraft produced, I would have to look elsewhere. My research focuses on the strategic and operation levels of war, so I am not and do not claim to be a specialist on individual aircraft types. I took the production numbers of the Ju 188 from a Flugzeug Classic brochure written by Herbert Ringlstetter, not from Bill Medcalf's book. The figures in the brochure may well be in error, so I would be happy to read more accurate information provided by you. To repeat a point made above, I would be glad to buy a publication by you on the subject. I trust that the discussion can now return to the main arguments that I made.

Regards,

Dan