[Steve49]

'Condor' by Patrick Laureau refers to Seefliegerstaffel AS/88 and identifies the following losses;

13/1/37: 1x He59 -Crashed into sea off Pollensa durng a night mission. 1 Killed (Uffz H. Kahl).
5/2/37: 1x He59 -Shotdown by a I-15 (Charle Koch) off Malaga. 1 Killed (Lt D. Leicht). (1x He60 (512) -Suffered damage to port wing after being hit by the shotdown He59. Forcelanded on sea and recovered by Spanish Cruiser CANARIAS).
11/2/38: 1x He59 -Badly damaged in a storm at Pollensa, subsequently written off.
26/2/38: 1x He59 -Damaged by I-15 near San Sebastian, able to return to base despite pilot being wounded (Oblt Salcher).
15/3/38: 1x He59 -Shotdown by AAA whilst attacking a train. Crashed in a olive grove. 5 POW's.
21/3/38: 1x He59 -Crashed. Either shotdown by D.510 or caught in blast of own bombs. 3 Killed (Oblt Jurgens, Zunker and Keitzel)
2/8/38: 1x He59 -Hit by ground fire forcelanded in the sea. Crew recovered by a Nationalist Trawler. 1 slightly injured.
29/8/38: 1x He59 (532) -Made hard landing on return from mission off Pollensa. Ripped off floats and turned over. 1 Slightly injured.
31/12/38: 1x He59 - Shotdown by AAA near Vals. 4 Killed (Lt Schmidt, Prinz, Jeck and Bulling).
1/1/39: 1x He59 -Lost during mission, possibably due icing. 4 Killed (Poeschel, Schobel, Zervas and Herold).
6/1/39: 1x He59 -Badly damaged after interception by Republican fighter. Returned to base, but written off.
22/3/39: 1x He59 -Made emergency landing in sea and then sank (may have been shotdown by a Republican Grumman-CCF). Crew recovered by a British destroyer.

The books reports that the staffel lost a total of 12 aircraft in accidents and 5 through enemy action.

Regards

Steve