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Günther Specht

Hi, sorry but I hope you don't think that I'm stepping on your toes but I did notice that you are planing to expand the Günther Specht article. So I thought you might enjoy this bit of information. I am currently reading Paul Zorner's book

• Zorner, Paul (2007). Nächte im Bomberstrom: Erinnerungen 1920-1950. Moosburg: NeunundzwanzigSechs/SVK. ISBN 978-3-9807935-9-9.

According to Zorner, he (Zorner) underwent night fighter conversion training at the airfield in Ingolstadt-Manching and on of his teachers shortly after Christmas 1941 was Günther Specht. Zorner briefly speaks of Specht and his character as he perceived him. Additionally he references two books, which unfortunatley I don't own (yet). These are

• Braatz, Kurt (2001). Schafsweide. Deutsche Geschichte auf dem Luftwaffen-Einsatzhafen Zellhausen 1937 – 1945. Moosburg: NeunundzwanzigSechs. pp. 330–356
• Rall, Günther (2004). Mein Flugbuch. Erinnerungen 1938 – 2002. Moosburg: NeunundzwanzigSechs. pp. 201–220

maybe this helps you expand this article. MisterBee1966 (talk) 17:47, 2 May 2010 (UTC)

Hi, no worries I am currently not particularly interested in expanding the article. At least not above and beyond my general interest in Knight's Cross recipients that served in the Luftwaffe. First, the information you find on the "Aces of the Luftwaffe" web page is more or less a 1:1 translation of what Ernst Obermaier wrote in his book, with the exception of the victory table, this is not in Obermaier's book. So basically you can cite every bit of information from the web page by referring to page 208 of Obermaier's book. Zorner makes two comments which you may want to work into the article. First, the white spot on his head (visible on the picture where he stands next to Kurt Tank), is actually a grey hair. Secondly, he claims that Specht did not put on his flight suit on his last 1 January 1945 mission. He speculates that in anticipation of his death he had put on his dress uniform with all his medals. I have no clue how and why he made this statement. I assume he wasn't there. I have another book called

• Girbig, Werner (1997). Start im Morgengrauen. Germany: Pietsch-Verlag Paul Pietsch Verlage GmbH + Co. ISBN 3-613-01292-8.

which deals with Operation Bodenplatte in more detail. I read it a while ago. I will see if this book has some more information on Specht. MisterBee1966 (talk) 11:24, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Anton Dickfeld versus Adolf Dickfeld

I believe that Adolf Dickfeld is correct. Look here [1] or [2] or [3]. It also fits to Adolf Dickfeld's biography, see [4] or [5]. Anton is incorrect. MisterBee1966 (talk) 07:07, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Pages out of Zorner's book

Sorry, I am travelling I will look up the information later MisterBee1966 (talk) 06:52, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

The following pages deal with Günther Specht: 125, 127, 129, 130, 134 and 139. MisterBee1966 (talk) 05:10, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Capitalization of German terms

I see that you are making nice progress on the article. I do wonder why you refrain from capitalizing German words such as Gruppe, Jagdwaffe, etc. In the German language all nouns are capitalized. I don't think that we have clear rules when it comes to mixing English and other languages but I personally prefer to see the German terms spelled correctly according to German rules but at the same time we put them in italics. Just a thought. MisterBee1966 (talk) 07:36, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Sorry

Sorry for the late reply. Vey busy at the moment. Thats why this post reads like morse code. Great work oon the organisation article. Re: The Lw article, its not good there is much to do for it to be considered thorough. It needs new subject headings and the sections there need filling out. I think a B at the moment is generous. Dapi89 (talk) 15:32, 4 May 2010 (UTC)