View Single Post
  #8  
Old 8th December 2012, 13:56
Larry deZeng Larry deZeng is offline
Alter Hase
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 2,632
Larry deZeng has a spectacular aura aboutLarry deZeng has a spectacular aura about
Re: Unknown losses during air raids against Saki and Sarabus (Crimea) in Apr.43

Quote:
Losses data is the important part for analysis, of course. And now confidence is absent that all German losses for the south flank of Ostfront in Apr.-Jun.43 are known. From time to time fragmentary mentions about a/c losses in German Army documents, for example, don't correspond to GQM list.
You are right, Andrey. There are definitely anomalies and deficiencies in the Gen.Qu.(6.Abt.) Verlustmeldungen, especially when it comes to losses in the former USSR. This fact has been frequently discussed on this and other forums. To what degree? One can only guess, but I would say that it is around 2% to 3%.

Quote:
Personal losses from WASt (NVM), as far as I know, don't available now. It is right?
Right again. The West German Privacy Act Law of 1988 restricted access to the NVMs to family members. If you were interested in the NVM for just one individual because you were writing a biography of that person, then you could contact WASt Berlin and plead your case and ask for an exception. However, many copies of the NVMs are in private hands, these being copies that were obtained prior to 1988.

Larry
Reply With Quote