From TOCH!:
Rabe Anton
German Long-Distance Flights
Fri May 7, 2025 16:19
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Yes. Bottom line from Werrell: German long-distance nonstop flights to Japan didn't happen, they have become an urban legend originating out of a wartime POW interrogation report either from a member of FAGr. 5 or one containing comments on the unit. I believe Werrell identifies the report. Had I the article to hand, I could be more precise. Another reminder that while interrogation reports such as the A.D.I.(K) series are quite useful, they are also filled with deliberate falsehoods, inflated claims, wrong information, misunderstandings, and similar pitfalls that are swallowed hook, line, and sinker by the uncritical.
RA
(I believe the report Rabe is referring to is:
F.A.G. 5 Planes over Manchuria
Air P/W Interrogation Unit
Ninth Air Force (Advanced)
A.P.W.I.U. (Ninth Air Force) 44/1945
Det. B, P/W & X Detachment
29 March 1945
This covers the interrogation of Uffz. Wolf Baumgart.
A cautionary note on the reliability of the information obtained from this PoW states:
"The following information was obtained from interrogation of an intelligent, observing and talkative P/W. Although violently anti-Nazi and anxious to offer services for the Allies, some of his statements should be accepted with reservation as they reflect confidant exuberance."
Regards,
Richard)