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Re: He111 WNr4531 or 4581, mot.No 17541 3/4.Apr.1944

14.(Eis)/KG 55 had no aircraft or personel losses on the date mentioned.
Junkert

Re: He111 WNr4531 or 4581, mot.No 17541 3/4.Apr.1944

Kari,

thank you a lot!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kari Lumppio (Post 331549)

Luftlagemeldung 4./5.4.44 (nachts)
"Nachteinsatz der Kampfflugzeuge: 8
4 Flgzge. Eisenbahnkämpfung, Angriff auf Bahnhof Luga, 2 Brände (Öl)
4 " Eisenbahnkämpfung Strecke Leningrad-Tschudowo-Bologoje, 20 Wagen nichtet (Öl oder Benzin) 2 mittlere Explozionen mit Brand."
No reported losses, no "Nachmeldung" for the night 4./5.4 in later reports.
I would say 14.(Eis)/KG 55.

Tagesmeldungen of Lfl1 are also on the germandocsinrussia.org among "Materialien des deutschen Verbindungsoffiziers bei der finnischen Luftwaffe", but the night 4/5.4.44 is absent.

2x4 planes may have actually been two runs of 4 planes.
And maybe the report that the downed plane was the He111 is correct.But there are still questions about WNr (typo in the report?). Is it possible to draw any conclusions from the motor's WNr?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kari Lumppio (Post 331549)

Interestingly for 3.4.44 (tags) there is recorded one Me 110 loss. Would WNr 4531 make any sense with that?

Most probably not

Cheers,
Andrey

Re: He111 WNr4531 or 4581, mot.No 17541 3/4.Apr.1944

Hello Junkert,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ju55dk (Post 331550)

14.(Eis)/KG 55 had no aircraft or personel losses on the date mentioned.
Junkert

What a tangled story!

Is your info from Summarische Verlustmeldungen?

Best regards,
Andrey