German losses on Norwegian west coast 1944
 

Where can I find info on German losses on the Norwegian west coast 1944. Particularly on F-W 190 during July to sept 1944

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For example here:
http://www.luftwaffe.be/publications...band-3-band-4/

luftwaffe.no, which is down until further notice :(

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Ok, thanks.

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From an old file saved from the ancestor of luftwaffe.no, six Fw 190 in your time period:

Date;Aircraft;Unit;Start;S.det.;WNr;Vknz.;Reason;; Dam.;Loss;Pilot;Ploss;Area;Place down
26/09/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8;13./JG 5;unk;?A;WNr. 058 1665;Weisse 11;Russian A/C;;;100%;Uffz. Kurt Thonemann (+);1-0-0-0;NORWAY;Cra/s off Vadsø
26/09/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8;13./JG 5;unk;5F;WNr. 581668;Hvit 10;Russian A/C;;;100%;Uffz. Hermann Hagenmeyer (+);1-0-0-0;NORWAY;Cra/s Vadsø omr.
24/10/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8;13./JG 5;Berlevaag;5A;WNr. 058 0694;;Russian A/C;78 IAP Hawk;;100%;Fw. Gustav Scharwächter (+);1-0-0-0;NORWAY;Cra/s Kongsfjorden, NW Båtsfjord
19/11/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8;9./JG 5;Bardufoss;5A;WNr. 0732 167;Weisse 4;Accident;;;95%;Fhr. Karl Amm (w);0-0-1-0;NORWAY;Sta/ from airfield Bardufoss
12/12/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-8;9./JG 5;Bardufoss;5A;WNr. 0690 158;;Accident;;;100%;Ltn. Walter Peters (+);1-0-0-0;NORWAY;Sta/ from airfield Bardufoss
13/12/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 A-3;13./JG 5;Herdla?;3N;WNr. 135491;;Accident;motor;;95%;Fhr. Waldemar Ölmann (s);0-0-1-0;NORWAY;Lan/ på Herdla flyplass

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You can also search the Internet Archive machine for the luftwaffe.no pages:

Version of the 1943 losses webpage from 2017:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170211...ses/tap43.html
(note: despite the title, it lists also part of the losses of 1944 and 1945 with all known losses of 1943)

1944 losses webpage from 2015:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150529...ses/tap44.html

Re: German losses on Norwegian west coast 1944
 

Thanks a lot, will look into this!

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None of these fits the dates here, the first five is some thousand kilometers away, and the latest one is in winter time, when III./JG5 moved south.

The only thing that fits, is a transfer flight going north, but that was a loss of pilot, which does not seem like the case here.

Are we talking about a loss on land or at sea here?

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Regrettably you are right, no matches here.

We are talking about this incident http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=50131
I.e. a total loss of th plane, most likely a F-W 190 based on the parts found at the time. It landed/crashed at Harøy, which is abt 10-15 Miles SSW of Gossen airbase, the JG5 used this base at the time. The pilot was more or less unharmed.
Seem strange that there is no registration of this incident.

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German records for this time are incomplete & you generally can only get those where the pilot is a casualty which according to you he was not

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But there is a faint hope that there could have been a ULTRA-message concering a loss?

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To track a loss in 1944, you can check two sources:
1) Flugzeugbestand und Bewegungsmeldungen, available for most units on http://www.ww2.dk/air.html.
This show that for your period (June to September 1944) the only JG 5 unit that had Fw 190s was IV./JG 5
The following "losses" were listed for this Gruppe:
June: 1 Fw 190 A-3 to "Überholung" (overhaul)
July: no FW 190 lost
August: 2 Fw 190 A-3 to "Überholung"
September: 4 Fw 190 F-8 and 1 Fw 190 A-8 to enemy action, 2 Fw 190 A-3, 1 Fw 190 A-8 and 1 Fw 190 F-8 without enemy action

So from this source, it seems that September 1944 could be the right month. AFAIK this documents lost all aircraft lost to the unit, meaning aircraft effectively destroyed, missing or damaged beyond repair, but also those repairable outside the unit and so transferred to a repair facility.

Of the 9 Fw 190 losses above, only two were in my list above, because pilots were killed.

2) the database of the Luftwaffe losses summary, available for some units (but AFAIK all JG units) at http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_summ_los...iew.asp?PAGE=1

For IV./JG 5 in September 1944 there is:
05/09/1944 1 Destroyed without enemy action on non-operational flight
07/09/1944 1 Destroyed without enemy action on non-operational flight
10/09/1944 1 Damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight
17/09/1944 1 Damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight
19/09/1944 1 Destroyed without enemy action on non-operational flight
22/09/1944 1 Damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight
25/09/1944 1 Destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, observed by enemy
25/09/1944 1 Damaged by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, not observed by enemy
26/09/1944 3 Destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, observed by enemy
26/09/1944 1 Damaged without enemy action on operational flight
27/09/1944 1 Damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight
29/09/1944 1 Damaged without enemy action on operational flight
29/09/1944 1 Destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, observed by enemy

Total: 15 losses
Destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, observed by enemy: 5
Damaged by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, not observed by enemy: 1
Damaged without enemy action on operational flight: 2
Destroyed without enemy action on non-operational flight: 3
Damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight: 4

As said above, IV./JG 5 Bewegungsmeldungen reported 9 Fw 190 lost in September 1944, but also 6 Bf 109s (1 to enemy action, 5 without), so both sources are coherent (that is not always the case)

Compare it with the loss list from the old luftwaffe.no loss list:
Date;Aircraft;Unit;Start;S.det.;WNr;Vknz.;Reason;; Dam.;Loss;Pilot;Ploss;Area;Place down
05/09/1944;Messerschmitt Bf 109 G;IV./JG 5;Petsamo;5F;;;Accident;;;?%;Pilot unk;unk;FINLAND;Par/ ved Petsamo flyplass?
07/09/1944;Messerschmitt Bf 109 G;IV./JG 5;Petsamo;5F;;;Accident;betjening;;?%;Pilot unk;unk;FINLAND;Sta/ eller Lan/ Petsamo flyplass
10/09/1944;Messerschmitt Bf 109 G;IV./JG 5;Salmijärvi;5F;;;Accident;betjening;?%;;Pilot unk;unk;FINLAND;Nla/ Salmijärvi omr.
17/09/1944;Messerschmitt Bf 109 G;IV./JG 5;Salmijärvi;5F;;;Accident;betjening;?%;;Pilot unk;0-0-0-1;FINLAND;Nla/ Salmijärvi omr.
19/09/1944;Messerschmitt Bf 109 G;IV./JG 5;Nautsi?;5F;;;Accident;betjening;;100%;Pilot unk;unk;FINLAND;Cra/ Nautsi området
26/09/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8;13./JG 5;unk;?A;WNr. 058 1665;Weisse 11;Russian A/C;;;100%;Uffz. Kurt Thonemann (+);1-0-0-0;NORWAY;Cra/s off Vadsø
26/09/1944;Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8;13./JG 5;unk;5F;WNr. 581668;Hvit 10;Russian A/C;;;100%;Uffz. Hermann Hagenmeyer (+);1-0-0-0;NORWAY;Cra/s Vadsø omr.

That gives:
05/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 destroyed without enemy action on non-operational flight, possibly in Petsamo area
07/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 destroyed without enemy action on non-operational flight, on landing at Petsamo
10/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight, force-landed in Salmijärvi area
17/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight, force-landed in Salmijärvi area
19/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 destroyed without enemy action on non-operational flight, crashed in Nautsi area
(at this point we have already five Bf 109 losses without enemy action, so all losses without enemy action below should be Fw 190s)
22/09/1944: 1 Fw 190 damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight
25/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 or Fw 190 destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, observed by enemy
25/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 or Fw 190 damaged by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, not observed by enemy
26/09/1944: 2 Fw 190s (identified) and one Bf 109 or Fw 190 destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, observed by enemy
26/09/1944: 1 Fw 190 damaged without enemy action on operational flight
27/09/1944: 1 Fw 190 damaged without enemy action on non-operational flight
29/09/1944: 1 Fw 190 damaged without enemy action on operational flight
29/09/1944: 1 Bf 109 or Fw 190 destroyed by gunfire from enemy aircraft during operational flight, observed by enemy

Conclusion: no Fw 190 of IV./JG 5 destroyed in a crash in west Norway between June and September 1944 according to these sources

Second conclusion: the old luftwaffe.no loss list possibly puts Bf 109s for the losses above (for which most details are lacking) as the main aircraft of the Gruppe. If this is the case, there is a possibility that one of the total losses of the 5th, 7th and 19th might be a Fw 190. Losses at the start of the month, especially the first with a question mark on location could be during the move north from SW Norway to the northern front.

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Thank you very much for sharing these details. Reason for thinking this is a Fw 190 is the parts which still exist today. One part is clearly marked Focke-Wulf.
Will try to find a way to post pictures, anyone with a god “how-to”?