Gordon Hemmings (HEMMINGS G.W. SGT RAF 2215965) suggests that a good addition to the information on Barth would be a refutation of the things said about Oberst Scherer in Hub Zemke's book. He feels that what was said was bad enough, but to publish a photo purporting to be Scherer when it was in fact some completely unknown German officer is unforgivable.

Scherer was, he says, actually a very cultured man, a competent musician, and the best type of officer. He was in fact removed from Luft 1 and sent to Berlin to face charges of undue leniency toward the POWs. Luckily the end of the war saved him from any punishment. Gordon provided genuine photos of Scherer to prove his point. If you would like to discuss this further with Gordon his email address [which may now be out of use] was gnhemm@freenetname.co.uk