[G.R.Morrison]

No embarassment in asking a question - or directions - when you're beginning a journey into the past.

The copies of the (twelve) rolls of microfilm that Jim P. and I used to begin typing our LW databases were purchased at the Imperial War Museum, London (and special thanks to Russ Fahey, too!). These cover the losses reported to the Luftwaffe's Quartermaster General's office, and contain items besides airplanes (personnel, including, for example, the Luftwaffe's great losses in May 1941 during the seizure of Crete -- the paratroopers were Luftwaffe).

1944 data is conspicuous by its absence; maybe they'll turn up some day. Information varies; some units included only Werknummer in their reports, not Kennung (codes). Of course as the war came to an ending, doing this sort of paperwork came to an end as well, so the reports do not extend into May 1945.

The entries are listed by Luftflotte, and by date. Correction inserts are frequent, and there are typos (names misspelled, numbers transposed, the usual things one might expect whenever there's a lot of data collected).

There are also microfiche sheets that cover losses at the flight-training schools, etc. in the BA.

Hope this clarifies, GRM