"Victory Stick" of unknown Expert

[Kapper]

Hi all,

I'm new to the board, though I've been reading it for sometime. I've noted the number of authors and veterans who use this board. I thought for once I would contribute this time as I noted something with the claims on the Victory Stick.

I tend to agree with the previous post that the pilot would be Heinz Kappler (or Keppler?). In Jochen Prien Jagdverband series there are a number of claims for JGrzbV that are listing the claimant as not known. Heinz Keppler as Prein has him listed as was a member of 1./JG 77 which was a component of JGrzbV. This unit later became part of JG 5. The first 3 claims on the victory stick match the claim dates for unknown pilots in Priens book. Unfortunately I cannot see a match for the fourth claim.

The information on the Victory stick should be passed on to Jochen Prien for research and ammendment of his book.

Regards,