Bormann dossier: BA, Schumacher Collection, file .
Chapter : Zero Hour for Hermann
Fighter offensive: Interrogs. of Brauchitsch, Aug. , (APWIU, th Air
Force), and HG, July , (Shuster).
Christmas at Carinhall: Ondarza, interviewed by Suchenwirth, Apr. ,
(BA-MA, Lw./); Emmy Göring, memoirs.
Galland: Cpl. Reuthers (of HQ, nd Fighter Division), overheard in SRX.
(WO./); Galland, overheard talking to Herget in SRGG.; Milch,
in SRGG.; Galland himself in SRGG. and SRGG.; Lt. Col.
Kögler (who had commanded Jagdgeschwader ) in SRA.; Capt. Plie-
fke, in SRA.; and Galland Papers, BA-MA, N./, and his file on
“The Luftwaffe in Crisis Situations,” Oct. , , through Apr. ,
(BA-MA, RL./).
Bodenplatte: APWIU (th Air Force), report no. /: “New Year Greetings
from the Luftwaffe,” Jan. ; and no. /, of Jan. , (NA, RG., box
). Interrogs. of HG, May and May , ; Koller, May –, ;
von Greiff, June , ; Christian, May , ; and Maj. Karl Heinz
Sandmann, of the Luftwaffe High Command (OKL) plans division, by
APWIU (nd Tac. Air Force), no. / (NA, RG., box ). For differing
summaries of the results, see the war diaries of the Naval Staff, Jan. and
, and the OKW, vol. iv, p. ; the rd Fighter Division claimed the de-
struction of enemy planes on the ground, but conceded “considerable
own losses” out of the sorties flown (Bennett, op. cit., p. ); the
author of SRH- estimated nine hundred German fighter-bomber sor-
ties were flown that day, of which “at least” three hundred were shot
down; sixty fighter pilots were taken prisoner.
“Zero hour for Hermann”: These German signals had been deciphered at :
and : .., respectively, but their significance had not been appreciated
(PRO files DEFE./DT. and ).
Something of the old ruthlessness: HG order no. , Jan. , (BA-MA,
Lw./; NA film T//ff; and Hoover Library, Lerner Papers, box
). Waber case: See too Kreipe diary, Sept. , .
His detectives heard him exclaim: Brandeburg and Lau, interrogated on July ,
(DJ film ).
Galland’s philandering: “Typical of the Party gentry!” Milch was overheard
exclaiming on May , : “Saying this about Galland, when there’s not
one of them who hasn’t got at least two tarts himself the swine!”
(SRGG.). HG’s order no. of Jan. is in BA-MA file Lw./ and
(deciphered by the British) in SRH- (see note “British code breakers,”
Chapter ).
Family problem: Interrogs. of Albert Göring on Sept. and , (NA film
M.). In general, for this chapter the author has drawn upon the sur-
viving war diary of the Luftwaffe High Command operations staff, Feb.
through Apr. , (NA film T//ff).
“Ridiculous excursions”: HG interrog., July , , by Shuster; and Bross, op.
cit., p. .
Trip to Veldenstein: Minute on HG’s conference with Prof. Hetzelt, Feb. ,