any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Hello

Can any one help with info on this aircraft:

NAA-57 France 152 57 - 1404 NAG 102 20%damage crashlanding 13Apr.1943 Brieg, went to JG 107 100%damage shot down 12Apr.1944 near Nancy.

I belive it was lost to a 418 Sqn Mosquito, in E.Mombeeks book Luftwaffe a Pictorial History page 151, there is an account of a JG107 NAA-57 that was shot down by a Mosquito who's pilot was called Kruger. Could this be the same aircraft as the one above ? can any one confirm this ?

Thanks

David

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Hi David,

Have you found out more about this since?
Accounts of NAA-57s being shot down are very rare.

Ronnie

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Hi:

Aircraft not claimed by 418 Squadron from their records. There is an unidentified destroyed aircraft by 418 on April 12, 1944 by Miller/Miller flying NS830 north of Kohlberg A/F. However, I see no pilot with the last name Kruger ever making a claim with 418.

All other aircraft claimed by 418 on April 12th, 13th and 14th were all identified as standard German types.

HTH

Mark Proulx

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Mark, I think you might possibly have solved this one! The u/e/a claim sounds very likely.
I think David meant that the German pilot was called Kruger ;)
Do you know any other details (time of day) of the 418 sqn claim?

Does anybody know what the German call code for the NAA-57 was?

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Hi.

The designation used in the loss records are Na 57. The loss mentioned here for the serial no 152 is noted as seen in this link:

http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_pub...?lossid=110227

Regards,
Andreas

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Thanks Andreas!

Do you happen to have more info on the following two NAA-57 losses as well?

NAA-57 - No.92 - Used by JG 103, 100% damage when it was shot down on 14Jul.1944 at Rambin.

NAA-57 - No.132 - Used by JG 105, 100% damage when it was shot down on 2Jan.1944 near Guyancourt.

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Hi Skyraider et al:

I don't think this was the UEA claim at Kolberg - more likely to have been a claim made by Clarence Jasper southeast of Verdun, which matches up OK with north of Nancy.

Some details in this article:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...55871#continue

Cheers,

Mark

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Most interesting!
Could Krüger have been doing night flying practise and somehow switched on his landing light?
The carrot shaped fuselage is a good match but the ammo bay is a bit odd. Perhaps a wingmounted fuel tank on fire though?

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Hi.

The other losses you mentioned are reported as follows:

02.01.1944:
http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_pub...?lossid=110250

14.07.1944:
http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_pub...?lossid=110249

Regards,
Andreas

Re: any info on a NAA-57 of JG107 lost 12-4-44
 

Thanks Andreas!