Flugbuch Fw. Emil Handt, BF I./NJG3 late 1944-1945 -genuine or false?

[Theo Boiten]

Thanks for your additional comments chaps. I can add that, during my research of the Nachtjagd over the past 40 odd years, I have never come across a completely fabricated/falsified Flugbuch and/or Leistungsbuch, but sometimes details/flights/comments were added post-war, which are not necessarily always true. So always check and recheck is and remains the credo.

And yes, Johannes' remark about the Hans Ring/Emil Nonnenmacher Abschussliste and falsifications of many Abschussmeldungen to 'protect' their own primary research is true. During the research of the NCA series, it took me (and Rod) a lot of effort to straighten out the false entries from these listings, after the publication of the Nachtjagd War Diaries in which these falsifications had seeped in. This is alas also the case in the Foreman/Matthews/Parry NJ claims book, which contain many falsified entries from the Ring/Nonnenmacher listings.

Cheers, Theo