[mjbollinger]

Great -- that helps things.

Ok, so one last time. When I look at all of the evidence, I can assemble the following documented losses from KG 40 over Normandy -- cases where I can identify aircraft markings, Wk Nr, and/or pilot name. Most seem pretty certain, a couple are probable.

June 6-7 -- I./KG 40: 4 aircraft lost and II./KG 40: 2 aircraft lost
June 7-8 -- I./KG 40: 1 lost and II./KG 40: 1 lost
June 9-10 -- I./KG 40: 2 lost and II./KG 40: 1 lost
June 10-11 -- I./KG 40: 2 lost and II./KG 40: 3 lost
June 12-13 -- I./KG 40: 1 lost and II./KG 40: 1 lost
June 13-14 -- II./KG 40: 5 lost
July 4-5 -- II./KG 40: 4 lost

That's a total of 10 for I./KG 40 and 17 for II./KG 40. Now to reconcile...

I've read that I./KG 40 lost 11 aircraft during operations over Normandy. That's close to the bottom up talley. But I've also read (e.g., Griehl/Dressel) that II./KG 40 lost 13 of 26 aircraft on the night of June 6-7 and another 7 aircraft on the night of June 7-8.

I guess there could be cases where an aircraft was lost without an ADI(k) NVM report being filed, presumably (from what I understand) if all crewmembers returned safely. But the disparity from II./KG 40 -- 20 aircraft vs. 3 -- seems unresonable.

Does anyone know the origin of the account that 13 of 26 II./KG 40 aircraft were lost on the first night and 7 of 13 aircraft were lost on the second? Is in fact that really a talley for all of KG 40 and all of the invasion period? Any clarification would be appreciated.

MB