victories of johannes gentzen

[Larry Hickey]

"Focus Focus"

According to info from the Heinrich Weiss Collection, which I've acquired but have only begun to index, Maj. Johannes Gentzen of Stab II./ZG2 had 8 victories during the Western Campaign of May-June, 1940. Unfortunately, I don't presently have any details of dates, types, times or places, although there is reason to believe that there may be a lot more info on this subject in the 50,000-75,000 pages of research material, much of it from German sources, in this collection. The collection is presently still in Europe (I live in the USA), but I'm planning a trip to Europe this fall and will be investigating further what we have in the collection on the subject of "zerstörer" victory claims, as well as where and how this collection can be inegrated into the major book project for the 1939-40 airwar period that is well underway.

If this total is correct this would give you 17 victories in WW II, which is close to the total of 18 that you reference in your post.

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