Luftwaffe losses in the West 1939-1940
 

Ran across this reference:

"See Air Historical branch (AHB) Translation, Volume 4, No. VII/83 German Aircraft Losses (In the West Only) September 1939-December 1940 for all the above figures. It contains British POST-WAR translation and collation of GERMAN figures."



Ed

Re: Luftwaffe losses in the West 1939-1940
 

Ed,

Sounds very interesting. Any idea of how one would get a copy of this translated report?

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator

Re: Luftwaffe losses in the West 1939-1940
 

Hi,

It can be found at these two locations:

- AWM 54 423/4/103 Part 69
- NA AIR 20/7703

It's eighteen pages. Sample page attached.

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.airwarpublications.com

Re: Luftwaffe losses in the West 1939-1940
 

Andrew,

Thanx. Will have to find a way to acquire this. What do categories: CR LR, T, C and M mean? I understand all the rest.

Regards,

Larry

Re: Luftwaffe losses in the West 1939-1940
 

Hi Larry,

Those abbreviations are: close reconnaissance (army co-op), long-range reconnaissance, transport, coastal and miscellaneous.

Cheers,
Andrew A.
Air War Publications - www.facebook.com/airwarpublications

Re: Luftwaffe losses in the West 1939-1940
 

Andrew,

Thanx. Getting a copy of this document would be extremely useful.

Regards,

Larry Hickey
EoE Project Coordinator

Re: Luftwaffe losses in the West 1939-1940
 

Hello,

do not know if it is of interest, but I have more detailed statistical information from correspondence between Chef der Flugsicherheit and Generalluftzeugmeister - giving the number of aircraft divided by type and unit category for the period November 1939 through March 1940.

These are quite detailed, giving number of aircraft of given type, the resulting damage to aircraft in four subdivisions (no damage, light damage, heavy damage and destroyed), injuries to aircrew (lightly injured, heavily injured, dead), injuries to non-aircrew (same categories) and finally the reason for the incident in five categories (human factor, technical problem, nature, unknown and other reasons).

Should give an indication of the completeness of other reports for the period at least.

Regards,
Andreas B