[RodM]

Hi Larry,

thanks for the additional analysis.

The RV network is the most logical explanation for the dispartity in intercepted material. What is less clear is how much Enigma wireless traffic was either missed entirely or not successfully decrypted.

I should qualify my statement, which you quoted - it only applies to my experience with Nachtjagd or Nachtjagd-related material by higher headquarters in 1945. One example that strings to mind are air situation reports issued by Jafue Mittelrhein in March 1945 - there were a string of them between successful actions on 5-6 March 1945 and 16-17 March 1945, but not one covering the two nights mentioned.

Even the previously volumous NJG4 ULTRA material dried up from mid-April 1945 when Luftwaffe units began retreating into northern Germany and, presumably, used the RV network.

Cheers

Rod

The following gives an idea of (mostly) Gruppe-level operational reports by NJGs during 1945 that are contained in HW 5:

I./NJG4 ops 1-2 Jan 45 (Nachtschlacht)
2./NJG6 (Lt Artus) ops report 1-2 Jan 45
III./NJG4 ops 2-3 Jan 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops 3-4 Jan 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops 5-6 Jan 45 (No ops)
I./NJG4 ops 5-6 Jan 45 (No ops)
III./NJG4 ops 8-9 Jan 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops 8-9 Jan 45 (NO OPS)
III./NJG4 ops 10-11 Jan 45
I./NJG4 return showing landings on 10-11 Jan 45, with pilot names
III./NJG4 ops 12-13 Jan 45 (No ops)
III./NJG4 ops report 14-15 Jan 45
III./NJG4 ops report 3-4 Feb 45
I./NJG4 ops report 1-2 Feb 45
3 JD observations made by III./NJG4 and I./NJG 2 ops 10-11 Feb 45
III./NJG4 ops report 2-3 Feb 45
III./NJG4 ops report 14-15 Feb 45
II./NJG1 comment on ops 20-21 Feb 45
I/.NJG4 battle report 16-17 Feb 45 (NO OPS)
III./NJG4 ops report for night 21-22 Feb 45
III./NJG4 battle report 20-21 Feb 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops report 21-22 Feb 45
III/.NJG4 battle report 23-24 Feb 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 battle report 25-26 Feb 45 (NO OPS)
III/.NJG4 battle report 25-26 Feb 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops reports 1-2 Mar 45 & 2-3 Mar 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops report 27-28 Feb 45
III./NJG4 ops report 3-4 Mar 45 (excl Gisela)
II./NJG101 ops report 14-15 Feb 45 (note - also reports no ops between 2/2-13/2)
I./NJG4 ops reports 3-4 Mar 45 (DOR & Gisela) & 4-5 Mar 45 (Adelheid)
III./NJG4 ops report 4-5 Mar 45 (Adelheid)
III./NJG4 ops report 7-8 Mar 45
III./NJG4 ops report 5-6 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops report 27-28 Feb 45
I./NJG4 ops report 12-13 Mar 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops report 10-11 Mar 45
?./NJG4 ops 14-15 Mar 45 (NO OPS – Gruppe unknown)
I./NJG4 ops report 5-6 Mar 45
?./NJG4 ops 14-15 Mar 45 (NO OPS – Gruppe unknown)
I./NJG4 ops report 13-14 Mar 45 (NO OPS)
I./NJG4 ops report 15-16 Mar 45
II./NJG101 ops report 16-17 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops report 16-17 Mar 45
III./NJG3 ops 7-8 Mar 45 (note - about instructions passed via W/T)
III./NJG2 combat report 17-18 Mar 45 (Adelheid)
II./NJG101 ops report 16-17 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops 7-8 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops report 18-19 Mar 45
I./NJG4 experiences report 18-19 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops report 15-16 Mar 45
2 JD data, then I./NJG4 ops report 21-22 Mar 45
III./NJG2 combat report 17-18 Mar 45 (Adelheid)
I./NJG4 ops 21-22 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops 20-21 Mar 45
III./NJG4 ops 22-23 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops 18-19 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops 19-20 Mar 45
I./NJG4 report on attack on Vechta 24 Mar 45
III./NJG4 ops report 24-25 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops 26-27 Mar 45
I./NJG4 Nachtschlacht 24-25 Mar 45
NJG6 Nachtschlacht 25-26 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops report 20-21 Mar 45
III./NJG4 ops 21-22 Mar 45
I./NJG4 ops 27-28 Mar 45 (NO OPS)
Fliegerkorps IX (J) mentioning 7./NJG11 successes on 7-8 Apr 45
NJG1 ops 19-20 Apr 45
I./NJG 1 ops report 19-20 Apr 45
4./NJG 2 ops report for 29-30 Apr 45