Bf109A,B,C,D in Legion Condor

[PMoz99]

Regarding the E, I asked basically the same question back in post #20 with no response. According to the book Bf109A-D by Ariel Barbio -

...the principal variant used ..... was the Bf109B-2. .... At he end of 1938 37 Bf109s were in service ..... At the end of March 1939, 40 Bf109Es were acquired .....

Unfortunately the numbers at end of 1938 don't balance with Laureau - he bsays there were 86 B-D's, with 35 losses = 51. Is Barbio suggesting 14 were somehow out of service/unserviceable? I would have thought "in service" in that context would mean all available.

Barbio also states Molders arrived in May 1938 when III./J88 was equipped with the B-2. Unfortunately it does not say when they were replaced by D's. Molders first kill was July 1938.

What about the 2 extra kills mentioned by Evgeny? Does anyone have anything to corroborate this?

Cheers
Peter