In that case here's some worthwhile source material to read about Kreigsmariene reservests flown into Berlin late in April 1945:Larry D. wrote:Thanks for your contribution, Kiwikid. Your account of Unternehmen Heldenklau seems to be a collection of personal recollections, not all of which had stood the test of historical investigation since 1945. IMHO, I think anyone seriously interested in the subject of aircraft flown in and out of Berlin from 20 April to 2 May 1945 needs to thoroughly explore the English and German language literature covering the topic so they can assemble all the facts before coming to some conclusion. This is a difficult process because what is known is a mix of fact, rumor, conjecture and opinion. It's tedious and challenging to go through all that has been written and said and separate the wheat from the chaff. Those were chaotic days where few people knew with certainty what was going on just a city block or two from them because telephone lines were down and movement was almost impossible. But worst of all, few documents survived and what facts we have come from the piecing together of entries in a few Flugbücher and the postwar statements of a few air crew personnel, all of which is terribly incomplete.
„Unternehmen Reichskanzlei“, by Günther OTT in Jet & Prop 04/95; Verlag Heinz Nickel in Zweibrücken, 1995
„Das bittere Ende der Luftwaffe“, by Ulrich SAFT; Militärbuchverlag Saft in Walsrode, 1992-94
„Schiffsschicksale Ostsee 1945“, by Wolfgang MÜLLER; Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft in Hamburg, 1996
„Gesunken und Verschollen“, by Wolfgang MÜLLER and Reinhard KRAMER; Koehlers Verlagsgesellschft in Hamburg, 1994-96
„Die letzten Kriegstage; Ostseehäfen 1945“, by Heinz SCHÖN; Motorbuchverlag in Stuttgart, 1995
„Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815 - 1945“ Band 8/1, by Erich GRÖNER; Bernard & Graefe Verlag in Bonn,