GERMAN VIEW OF RAF GROUPS
 

TICOM I-109

Extracts of translation from report of Lt. LUDWIG of Chi. Stelle O.B.d.L

(note: TICOM report is dated post-war but no date is given for original report from LUDWIG.)

GERMAN VIEW OF 8th AF, 9th AF & 2TAF
 

TICOM I-109

Extracts of translation from report of Lt. LUDWIG of Chi. Stelle O.B.d.L

(note: TICOM report is dated post-war but no date is given for original report from LUDWIG.)

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

Indeed thanks Bruce, fascinating reading

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

Thank you, Bruce. TICOM Reports were so secret that nothing was said about them in the open literature until 1986.

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Hi Bruce,

thanks for the TICOM report. According to a post-war American study, declassified by the NSA, this particular TICOM report was:

I-109. Translation of a Report by Lt. Ludwig of Chi Stelle O.b.d.L. (Ref.B) based on questions set for him at A.D.l.(K). A TICOM publication.

Lt. Martin Ludwig also features in TICOM reports I-65 and I-135...

Cheers

Rod

TICOM I-143 extract
 

Goering post-war on the value of SIGINT: he had little of substance to offer but this may interest US researchers.

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For anyone interested, FULA Ost (Funkaufklärungslage Ost = Radio Intercept Situation East) can be found in the Ic/AOK Anlagen of the Armies deployed in Russia. They were daily, weekly and monthly. There are no complete runs, but some of the runs approach that. They mostly concern the movement of VVS units, but Russian ground units are covered too. These, together with the interrogation reports from downed Russian aircrew and other POWs provide detailed coverage of what the Luftwaffe knew about the VVS.

L.

GERMAN SIGINT AND SCHWEINFURT RAID
 

From TICOM report I-212 'Interrogation of George Ruckheim' -

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

Sorry, stupid question... what does the acronym A.D.I. mean ?
(K) = Luftwaffe?
Thank you!

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

The British Air Minsitry's Assistant Directorate of Intelligence, "K" Branch (dealing with enemy prisoners and captured documents)

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

thank you!

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

Are there any PW interrogations about the weapons that the Luftwaffe used,especially air to air rockets and surface to air rockets?

Edward L. Hsiao

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

I was contacted by a Luftwaffe pilot. He has a copy of his A.D.I.(K)report. The report is rather general, but he was interviewed several times and is wondering if there are any transcripts of these interrogations and where they are kept.

Thanks

Peter

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

Greetings Peter,

Over a span of some 40 years, I have been through all of the P/W interrogation files I could find at both NARA (WashDC) and BNA (London). No transcripts were seen. Once the interrogation report was written and published, the transcripts became redundant and apparently were later destroyed. Perhaps some others here found some and have a different opinion.

L. :)

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

A source of interrogations that some may have overlooked are those made by the USSBS teams. There were a number of them at the USAF museum archives. There are probably some in the USSBS record group at National Archives.


Best regards,


ArtieBob

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

Was it a 'report', or a 'Summary'? The two are entirely different things.

The Report was held in a folder and contained the verbatim Q & A, as well as any photographs.

The Summary was just that. A summary of what was learned from the interrogation, together with details of their aircraft.

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Hello everyone,
Is there a finding aid / an index of the ADI(k) files? I am looking for some items quoted by early authors who only gave the name of the interrogated PoW or a not-so-clear reference. A finding aid will help a lot before my next trip to Kew.
Thanks,
Mori

Re: Researching the Luftwaffe through Prisoner Interrogations
 

Yes, there is an index at Kew: AIR 40/2980, "Indexes to AI 1(k) Reports, including Middle East (ME), Allied Force Headquarters (AFHQ) and Combined Mediterranean Force (CMF) reports (1 Jan 1940 – 31 Dec 1944)".

I can't now remember if it includes prisoners' names but it does have units, aircraft types, armament, equipment etc. I only photographed a page covering things I was looking for that day (see attached).

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I don't recall seeing names in any of the indexes for these I've looked at.

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Here's an example of a 'k' summary:
https://i.imgur.com/9dx5Dz0.jpg

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Thanks!

I was hoping for an index of interrogated officials, especially those who were questioned at the end or immediately after the war. Looks like there's no other way but to go check the files at kew.

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Just a quick note, I scanned through this thread and do not believe there has been any mention of the USSBS interogation files. it has been about 50 years since I used them, but they may include both personnel and subject matter not in UK material. Many copies were in the USAF museum archives and the mother lode of USSBS material is at the USNA at College Park, Md. I did notice there was a copy of material from a CIOS interrogation. If anyone could point me to an archive where CIOS working files (not reports) might be, it would be appreciated. My belief is there is important material that has not been well disseminated from both of these sources.
Just as teasers, I have a summary of the C-amt Monatsmeldung, missing only 1 month for most of the war and a field report summarizing one manufacturer production linking RLM W.Nr. with manufactuers W.Nr. and Stammkennzeichen.


Best Regards,


ArtieBob