Flak Claims
 

I'm trying to discover the document that lists Luftwaffe flak claims for the 19th August 1942.

I believe they are contained in the category 'RL40' at Bundesarchiv, but using the Invenio search engine I've not been able locate it.

Any ideas what name I should try searching with?

Regards,

Steve

Re: Flak Claims
 

You have to look at RL 5.
Junker

Re: Flak Claims
 

Cheers, that would explain why I couldn't find anything in RL40!

Regards,

Steve

Re: Flak Claims
 

Hi Steve
Flak claims - where ? France or Germany ?
Carsten

Re: Flak Claims
 

19 Aug 42 was the date of the Dieppe Raid on the Channel coast, so this may be what he is talking about. The RAF lost 106 aircraft (at least 32 to anti-aircraft fire or accidents) against 48 German losses.

L.

Re: Flak Claims
 

Hi Carsten,

I am looking for claims made by Flakuntergruppe Dieppe in response to the Dieppe raid. By my reckoning the Allied forces had 36 aircraft shot down by ground fire, so I was hoping to find some details of claims made by the German defenders.

As far as I can see the units involved were;

schwere Flak-Abteilung 345
leichte Flak-Abteilung 81(mot)
leichte Flak-Abteilung 690 (v)
leichte Flak-Abteilung 732 (v)

Sadly looking through the Bundesarchiv search function I can't see any reports from these units for this date, so I guess the documents I was hoping to find are lost.

Regards,

Steve

Re: Flak Claims
 

In terms of other files which may yield something for you, from a quick search it looks like it might be worth thinking about:

RL 20/106
RL 20/166
RL 7-3/596
RL 10/649
RL 13/21
RL 24/140
RM 7/1756 - 1760

Re: Flak Claims
 

Cheers Steve,

I'd tried looking for the individual units, sadly the only documents I could find for any of them was from 1944.

Regards,

Steve

Re: Flak Claims
 

All of these have something from 1942. Unfortunately, it's impossible to say exactly what but that's the thrill of the chase.

Re: Flak Claims
 

Cheers,

I'll look again.

Regards,

Steve