Gottfried Dulias

[David Ransome]

Hi,

"Let's pretend that this sausage is my 109 and that fried egg is a Lavochkin.......'

On a more serious note, eBay item 270183865714 seems to show that Herr Dulias did attend that meeting in the summer 2007, and now he is being classed as an 'aviation legend', along with 15 others who are undoubtedly genuine (I am led to believe).

Is anyone able to nail this one once and for all? It does matter if this gentleman is telling porkies because if lies are accepted they become truths very quickly, and then recorded historical fact becomes distorted - diminishing the achievements of the genuine and throwing up another barrier to meaningful research in any interest area. How long has it taken, or is taking, to make people realise that not everything that was written in the years immediately after WWII actually had much bearing in fact, for example.

I don't intend making further comment on the Dulias issue, I just hope that someone can give us a clear answer as to whether he was what he claimed to be or not. My own view on the basis of everything that I have read is that he wasn't, but again I can't claim to have seen all the evidence.

Regards,

David