[Jim P.]

Sidney/Sinisa - don't take what I said personally, but the documentary evidence does not fit the supposition that this was a Stab/JG 27 machine. Of the personal 'emblems' you posted, only Christiansen's is recognizable. Off the top of my head I can think of two others - Franz Gotz's JG 26 FW 190D with a JG 53 badge and another flieger from JG 27 (I think) who also had a JG 53 badge (I'd have to look for that one). I'm sure if I started looking with that as my target subject I could find others.

As to the location, well, there are innumerable loss reports that will give a location such 'bei Grodino' (for example), but if you can find a corresponding NLV or FB entry for the same loss, the reported location can be 100 km+ from the Gen.Qu. reported location. A lot of these aircraft disappeared into enemy airspace towards a target, but the exact location of the loss is only later pinpointed by finding the wreck or that the pilot or someone from the crew returns. From the Soviet Union, for sorties behind the lines, there are likely as many Gen.Qu. losses reported as 'Ort Unbekannt' (locations unknowns) and (AAAA - XXXX) (missions to or between these locations) as those with specific locations.

I've gone through and recorded into my own database all the Gen.Qu. and Schulen losses, along with numerous NLV reports, various FB and info from other sources, so I would like to think I have some knowledge on the subject.

Again, without some other evidence beyond that which is actually documented, a pinpointed crash site or whatever, we're all just guessing.