[Nick Beale]

1. What is the origin of this lists? Are they emited during the war, or they were summarized after it?

They are wartime reports, held at BA-MA Freiburg.

2. Why they start only from March 1942?

Either because of a change in Luftwaffe procedure or because earlier ones didn't survive.

3. In the column "Abgang" there are two sub-columns: "Durch Feinw." and "Ohne Feindw", are there only irrevocable losses listed in this two sub-columns?

These are aircraft that the unit does not have on strength any more, either through total destruction, return to a factory for repair, major technical failure transfer to another unit.

4. In sub-column "Uberholung" - what kind of losses listed there? Combat and non combat in the air or all planes, including those,exhausted there engine and repair resources?

My understanding is that an overhaul is usually to deal with "wear and tear", not combat damage.

5. Why there is great difference in quantity of the lost planes between loss lits given in Prien's or Barbas's books and this Flugzeugbestand und bewegungsmeldungen? At the same time Mr. Prien include this Bestandlists in his books, not giving any explanations to figures.

My own experience is that the figures in these reports, the 10-day strength returns, the dispoition maps at Freiburg and the losses we know about can all differ. Of course in a war the situation could change very rapidly, so the time of issue of each report is important.