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That in itself is not true. The Allied forces appear to have captured most of Messerschmitt's, Focke-Wulf's, Arado's, Blohm & Voss's and Gotha's documents intact. Heinkel - very little was captured. Junkers - a lot of photo albums seem to have been captured but not design documents. Siebel - nothing. Fieseler - nothing. Henschel - nothing. We do have bits and pieces of Heinkel, Junkers, Siebel, Fieseler and Henschel from other sources but the bulk of their material appears to have been lost.All together, the Allies captured an unknown total quantity of aviation-related documents. The only concrete figure I know of is 'more than 2,000 tons'. Of those 2,000+ tons, only 190 tons were kept. Some very odd bits and pieces seem to have made the cut and survived into those 190 tons, but it's clear that much of the older material was simply burned by the Allies. I'd say that 95% of what we have dates from 1943-45. And there's almost nothing from the 30s.
That in itself is not true. The Allied forces appear to have captured most of Messerschmitt's, Focke-Wulf's, Arado's, Blohm & Voss's and Gotha's documents intact. Heinkel - very little was captured. Junkers - a lot of photo albums seem to have been captured but not design documents. Siebel - nothing. Fieseler - nothing. Henschel - nothing. We do have bits and pieces of Heinkel, Junkers, Siebel, Fieseler and Henschel from other sources but the bulk of their material appears to have been lost.
All together, the Allies captured an unknown total quantity of aviation-related documents. The only concrete figure I know of is 'more than 2,000 tons'. Of those 2,000+ tons, only 190 tons were kept. Some very odd bits and pieces seem to have made the cut and survived into those 190 tons, but it's clear that much of the older material was simply burned by the Allies. I'd say that 95% of what we have dates from 1943-45. And there's almost nothing from the 30s.
