Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

Hi,

I know something about this man. I think he was staffelkapitan in 15 staffel of LG1.
He was killed on the 27th September 1940 on an attack over Gatwick airfield and was shot down by ack ack with his radio operator Feldwebel Reinhold.
Has anyone got any details of kills or other photos of him/

Thanks

Rick

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Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

Listed as Luftwaffe Loss # 28 of page 418 of Mason "Battle over Britain"
Gtafenruth listed as Killed; Reinhold missing.

See related Link and any replies:
http://www.luftwaffe-experten.org/fo...howtopic=14780

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

The WNr. is suspect because it appears several times later with nightfighter units and schools.

Bf 110D-0, 3147, Gravenreuth, Oblt. Ulrich Fr. von, , V., 15.(Z), LG 1, gelbe L, L1+BL, , , 27-Sep-40, Stkp. Crew KIA due to Flak and enemy fighters., Dup. WNr. - appears multiple times later!!, Kanal, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #2)-Vol.3; Taghon, LG 1, I, p.430; Vasco/Cornwell, Zerstörer, p.234; Mason, p.418; BoB, T&N, p.664; Menke, SKZ list, , bei Fl.Pl. Gatwick, 100%, F, Bf Fw. Otto Reinhold, ,

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

Probably relative of Siegmund v. Gravenreuth from KG30

Rémi

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

Rick

I have quite a bit of local information on this loss and also some personal effects picked up at the crash scene by a soldier in 1940.

My friend the late Ludwig von Eimannsberger, who wrote the Schiffer book on V./LG1, had no luck with getting a photo of Ulrich from the family, and so what you have found is certainly of interest!

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

Why is the W. Nr. suspect? Batch of fifteen Bf 110 D-0s, W. Nr. 3134 to 3148 were built by Messerschmitt between March and April 1940 (ref:Messerschmitt Bf 110/Me 210/Me 410 by Petrick/Mankau).

Nothing suspect about the loss of this Bf 110 & W. Nr. at all, in my view.

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

John,

You're perhaps misunderstanding Jim's statement about 3147 being "suspect." We don't doubt that it falls in the right Werknummer range, but if it crashes in England in 1940, it's unlikely (!) to show up later in other reports of incidents in NJG or Schule units. What this means is that 3147 could be a typo for the Gravenreuth / Reinhold loss. There's no shortage of typos in the loss reports, with transposed numbers the most-frequently encountered. If those clerks had only known how their work would be "inspected" so many decades later...

The best to you on Boxing Day,
GRM

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

@ all,

by not knowing the first two numbers of the Werk-Nr. ??3147 may it quite be possible that these last four digits have been occured more than two or three times in loss lists etc. but in every case for different a/c?
Just an idea...

Best Regards
Norbert

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

To add to my previous comment - WNr. 3147 appears in 3 later Bf 110 losses. Odds are the first may be wrong versus the later 3. And, according to the loss data I have, there are no 6-digit WNr. blocks for Bf 110s that begin 'xx3'.

Bf 110D-0, 3147, Gravenreuth, Oblt. Ulrich Fr. von, , V., 15.(Z), LG 1, gelbe L, L1+BL, , , 27-Sep-40, Stkp. Crew KIA due to Flak and enemy fighters., Dup. WNr. - appears multiple times later!!, Kanal, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #2)-Vol.3; Taghon, LG 1, I, p.430; Vasco/Cornwell, Zerstörer, p.234; Mason, p.418; BoB, T&N, p.664; Menke, SKZ list, , bei Fl.Pl. Gatwick, 100%, F, Bf Fw. Otto Reinhold, ,
Bf 110D-0, 3147, n.n., , I., 3., NJG 3, , , NO+DL, , 30-Jan-41, Taxiing accident., , Lfl.2/Nachtjagd, Gen.Qu.6.Abt. (mfm #3)-Vol.4; Balss, Deutsche Nachtjagd, II, p.15; Menke, SKZ list, , Fl.Pl. Vechta, 20%, H, , ,
Bf 110D, 3147, n.n., , III., III., NJG 101, , , , , 23-Nov-43, Engine trouble., , Lw.Bfh.Mitte/Nachtjagd, BA-MA Signatur RL 2 III/777, Flzg.Unfälle und Verluste bei Schulen und usw., p.71; BA-MA Signatur RL 2 III/784, Flzg.Unfälle und Verluste bei Schulen und usw., p.156; Balss, Deutsche Nachtjagd, II, p.258, , Fl.Pl. Kitzingen, 10%, H, , ,
Bf 110D, 3147, n.n., , I., I., NJG 102, , , NO+DL, , 17-Feb-44, Bruchlandung due to technical failure., , Lfl.Reich/Nachtjagd, BA-MA Signatur RL 2 III/778, Flzg.Unfälle und Verluste bei Schulen und usw., p.45; BA-MA Signatur RL 2 III/784, Flzg.Unfälle und Verluste bei Schulen und usw., p.7; Balss, Deutsche Nachtjagd, II, p.299; Menke, SKZ list, , Fl.Pl. Eutingen, 25%, H, , ,

Re: Information concerning loss of Oberlt. Ulrich von Gravenreuth - 27.09.1940 over England
 

Tell me about it! Peter Cornwell and I have never been able to square the following (both 18 August 1940):
Bf 110 C-4 (probably upgraded C-2)
U8+BB
W. Nr. 3102
Proske & Möbius

and

Bf 110 C-2
3U+EP
W. Nr. 3102
Kästner & Kaffenberger

Also the Bf 110 of Koepsell & Schmidt on 27th September 1940 having one W. Nr. entered in the QMs returns, and a different one on the part of the actual aircraft found at the crash site (per information from Ken Wakefield).

Bloody Luftwaffe clerks indeed!!!

The point I was making is that given 3147 with V.(Z)/LG 1 has a build date some months earlier than the loss, that much is consistent. With the other entries in the loss/damage list, it throws everything up in the air.