b).
Failure of transport squadrons: See particularly Milch’s acid comments at his
GL conferences on Feb. (MD., ff) and Feb. (/ff), and the
telephone conversations logged in his task force’s diary.
Richthofen diary: Feb. –, ; this historically important diary was kindly
provided to the author by Col. (Ret.) Karl Gundelach by permission of
Baroness Jutta von Richthofen.
Paulus was too weak: From Feb. –, , HG had summoned the Luftflotte
commanders to a situation conference: transcript in MD., ; and
shorthand minutes taken by Koller, diary.
Chapter : Jet-Propelled
Seversky: HG interrog., May , (Library of Congress, Spaatz Papers). A
shorthand record of HG’s conference with Milch, on Feb. , , is i n
MD., ff.
On the Obersalzberg: Goebbels diary; for his talks with Speer, see the latter’s
office chronicle, : original IWM file FD./ on DJ film ; an i m -
perfect copy “sanitized” at Speer’s direction after the war is in the BA,
Koblenz.
In Italy: Letter from Hofer to Ventura, Mar. ; interrog. of Hofer by Giorgio
Castelfranco of the Missione della Republica Italiana per le Restitutione
dalla Germania e dall’Austria, Dec. , (NA, RG., box ); Dr.
Gottlieb Reber, HG’s art agent in Italy, stated that HG often spent hours
with art dealer Count Contini to the despair of his Luftwaffe command-
ers. “Contini,” HG once raged, “It’s too bad you’re not a Paris Jew, then
I’d just take them all away from you” (NA, RG., box ). For HG’s art
payments to Italy, via his official Amtsrat Gerch million lire on Feb.
, million on Mar. , , etc, see ibid., box .
Jeschonnek: Suchenwirth, conversation with Lt. Col. Werner Leuchtenberg,
Jan. , (BA-MA, Lw.).
Reichsmarschall arrives back: Diaries of Goebbels, Greiner (DJ film ), and
Rommel (shorthand on NA film T/, transcript DJ film ). HG ap-
points Pelz: MD., f.
HG tirade of Mar. , : Verbatim in MD., ff; summary minutes i n
Messerschmitt Papers, IWM, FD./, vol. .
Can’t find London: In general on the air war, –, see Col. (G. S.) Greiff
(operations officer, Luftwaffe operations staff), interrogated by APWIU,
th Air Force, report no. / (NA, RG., box ). Electronic warfare:
Interrog. of General of Signals Wolfgang Martini, ADI(K) /, June ,
.
Dittmar, General Kurt: Diary of May , (DJ film ).
Me decision: Report from Galland to Milch and HG, May , (MD.,
); GL conference, May (MD., ff); Milch diary (DJ film );
Galland, SRGG.. Prof. Messerschmitt kept a special file on the Me
controversy (IWM, FD./); see too Hans Redemann’s article, “Mess-
erschmitt ” in Flug Revue (), p. ff.