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Hal Oele · 17 May 2009, 04:23 AM

Hi Folks,

i´ve stopped counting how often the sons and daughters of WW1 pilots told me stories about their life that are pure fiction!
Those stories are nice, but i prefer original documents!
Personalunterlagen, Patientenakten, Sterbeanzeigen and so on... are top sources for researchers.
Gunnar and the late Rick Duiven knows exactly what i´m talking about.
A subjective coloured diary (perhaps re-written years after WW1) could only be a first impression...

Yours
Hal

some more "fodder" from MT

It seems so as if the archivist of the LaFayette foundation isn't willing (see the thread "Ltn. Jacobs and "his" Boreas" in the Camouflage and Markings section) or not able to enlighten the readers.

So I may remind him of B.S., in my opinion the person with the best knowledge of the Jacobs story - and the only living one who had actually known Jacobs and discussed with him, but who was displaced by "big money" from the USA, when the widow of JJ couldn't withstand after the sudden death of Jacobs.

From the files of Friedrich Karl Knust:
Personal-Bestandsnachweisung Jasta 22, 30. Juni 1917: Ltn.d.R. Knust, geboren 6.7.91, Patent 22.3.15, bei Pi.Batl.9, Abzeichen 12.5.16, zu Jasta 22 am 25.5.17, von Park 7.

Together with Ltn.d.R. Jacobs and Ltn.d.R. Meyer he went to Jasta 7 on 3. August 1917. On 2. March 1918 Ltn.d.R. Knust was transferred to Junkers Bauaufsicht.

Manfred Thiemeyer (banned)

PS:
Do aviation history of WWI a favour and forget what's written by and about Ltn.d.R.

Josef Jacobs in the book "Fighter Tactics And Strategy 1914-1970" by Edward H. Sims.

17 May 2009, 04:23 AM	#107 (permalink)
Hal Oele Two-seater Pilot Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 263	Hi Folks, i´ve stopped counting how often the sons and daughters of WW1 pilots told me stories about their life that are pure fiction! Those stories are nice, but i prefer original documents! Personalunterlagen, Patientenakten, Sterbeanzeigen and so on... are top sources for researchers. Gunnar and the late Rick Duiven knows exactly what i´m talking about. A subjective coloured diary (perhaps re-written years after WW1) could only be a first impression... Yours Hal some more "fodder" from MT It seems so as if the archivist of the LaFayette foundation isn't willing (see the thread "Ltn. Jacobs and "his" Boreas" in the Camouflage and Markings section) or not able to enlighten the readers. So I may remind him of B.S., in my opinion the person with the best knowledge of the Jacobs story - and the only living one who had actually known Jacobs and discussed with him, but who was displaced by "big money" from the USA, when the widow of JJ couldn't withstand after the sudden death of Jacobs. From the files of Friedrich Karl Knust: Personal-Bestandsnachweisung Jasta 22, 30. Juni 1917: Ltn.d.R. Knust, geboren 6.7.91, Patent 22.3.15, bei Pi.Batl.9, Abzeichen 12.5.16, zu Jasta 22 am 25.5.17, von Park 7. Together with Ltn.d.R. Jacobs and Ltn.d.R. Meyer he went to Jasta 7 on 3. August 1917. On 2. March 1918 Ltn.d.R. Knust was transferred to Junkers Bauaufsicht. Manfred Thiemeyer (banned) PS: Do aviation history of WWI a favour and forget what's written by and about Ltn.d.R. Josef Jacobs in the book "Fighter Tactics And Strategy 1914-1970" by Edward H. Sims.