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Re: Losses Supply Stalingrad
I believe losses during airlift operation were underestimated due to total mess happening. Some planes were not reported. Some were reported as damaged to various degrees and abandoned without recording the loss info. Just to illustrate, four Ju-87s of 4 /StG77 were filled as "von eigene truppe gesprengt" and one Ju-86 of K.Gr.z.b.V.22 as "feindbeschuss" at Kotelnikovo airfield on December 27, during the retreat. All four Ju-87s: S2+BB, S2+GM, S2+HN, DJ+HJ plus remnants of Ju-86 w.n. 4016 BJ+CG were found by Soviets. In addition to this wrecks of Fw-189s C2+JP, T1+MK, H1+BL, VZ+2I, C2+??, Ju-52 C6+C9, ashes of one Hs-126, two Fi-156s and one unidentified Romanian plane were found.
Besides, there were some cases of dates confusion in GQ relating to transport planes losses, e.g. w.n. 5473 from K.Gr.z.b.V.700 was lost on Noember 28, instead of November 29, as reported.
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