[RodM]

just to add to the loss data around Oppenheim for 25-26 March 1945, from a 7. Jagddivision report made the following morning:

7. Jagddivision employed:

6 x Bf110 and 2 x Ju88 of I./NJG6 from Gross-Sachsenheim between 22.36-04.44 hrs.
6 x Bf110 and 2 x Ju88 of IV./NJG6 between 00.29 - 03.13 hrs.
8 x Ju88 of II./NJG2 from Illesheim between 01.30 - 04.16 hrs.

Losses:

1 x Ju88 of II./NJG2 - crashed in friendly territory after engine trouble from AAA damage. Crew unhurt.

2 x Ju88 and 1 x Bf110 of IV./NJG6 listed as missing.

1 x Ju88 of II./NJG2 listed as missing.

One of the missing aircraft landed at Völkenrode, but details about its identity weren't received by the time of the 7. JD report.

From the Stab NJG6 KTB the three missing NJG6 aircraft were (note - two Bf110s and one Ju88, the 7. JD report has it the other way round):

1 x Ju88 10./NJG6 Ofw. Scherer (known to have crashed behind Allied lines)
1 x Bf110, 10./NJG6, Fw. Brunner (Brunner was back with NJG6 by the end of March)
1 x Bf110, IV./NJG6, Uffz. Tschorschke (crashed at Bodenheim-Roxheim)

Presumably, either Fw. Brunner or the II./NJG2 crew landed at Völkenrode.

Cheers

Rod