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Re: Attempt to identify Luftwaffe losses in the last 6 months of the war using the example of Mikhail Kuzmin (15.ORAP VVS KBF)
Hello Nick,
It seems to me that the cessation of filling out summary loss reports coincided roughly with the beginning of the evacuation of the Luftwaffe headquarters from Berlin and its environs. I don't know when they stopped filling out Vordruck II, so I can't assess how much the crossing of the Rhine influenced this.
According to docs of Lfl6, Qu-Meldungen continued to be reported even at the end of April 1945. The question is whether they were also sent on Vordruck II forms, and if so, until what date did they survive the war.
This brings us back to the original question about specific cases of losses. I'm particularly interested in Kuzmin's 1st claim on 18.Feb.45 (07:02 msk). It is described in considerable detail, but I can't find any info about it from the German side. It seems that there were personnel losses in this episode, and Vordruck II could have helped.
Other Kuzmin's ‘maritime’ claims are correspond to actual German losses.
Best regards,
Andrey
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