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Old 27th Sep 2018, 21:52
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Chugalug2
 
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I second MPN11's thanks, steamchicken. It seems that SimonK has a need of yet more decrypts for his Luftwaffe Flugbuchs and Leistungbuchs. Your further assistance in their translation would be greatly appreciated by all here, I'm sure.

Interesting that the very Nazi Luftwaffe (of all the three Wehrmacht services) should encourage such an old traditional form of German. But then everything was 'Volk' for them in that regard. Presumably it didn't frighten the horses.

I see they had running totals of distance flown as well as hours. A wonder they had anytime left over for the war, but sadly they did. It would be interesting to know what the Book of Achievements was used for. Did it feature in your annual report? Could you get promotion for a rollicking good read? I suspect the somewhat terse ones were a statement in their own right if so...
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