Nachtjagdwaffe losses on 29/30 Aug. 1944

[Gregor30]

Hello!
I have been looking for information concerning German nightfighter force losses on 29/30 Aug. 1944. I am particularly interested in those that may have happened over Denmark.
There were two main RAF raids on: Stettin & Koenigsberg that night.

Any informationw would be appreciated.
Regards,
Gregory

[Alain57]

Hello ,

Accoording Dr Theo Boiten book " Nagjagd War Diaries " page 147.

" The nachtjagd lost five Ju-88G-1 and two Bf-110G-4 in air combat. Two of these Nachtjäger were claimed destroyed in combats with Stettin-bond Lancasters near the Swedish coast and a Ju-88G-1 of .NJG2 makinf-g for stettin was destroyed SE of Rostock by a Bomber Support Mosquito of 238 squadron at 02.05hrs "

Regards
Alain57

[Gregor30]

Hi Alain!
Thank you for the information.
Any suggestions about the units to which those destroyed aircrafts could have belonged?
I am particularly interested in the combats during the raid on Stettin.

Regards,
Gregory

[Alain57]

Hello Gregory ,

I found this :

Uffz Petzold Volkhard ( pilot ) born 30/05/1920 Plauen from 8.NJG2 in his Ju-88c-6 code R4+DT werknumber 620451 killed on 30/08/18944 near Tellow bei Hörkow.

Uffz Köberich Willi ( radio ) born 29/11/1920 Kassel-Niederzwehren from 1./NJG3 in his Bf110G-4 werknumber 140660 killed on 30/08/1944 on the west coast of Sweden.

Obgfr Tugend Karl ( engineer ) born 09/01/1922 Obensigheim/Hanau from 4./NJG3 in Ju-88G1 werknumber 710525 killed on 30/08/1944 over sea 50 km nnw Stolpmünde His body washed ashore near Sysne , island Gotland ( Sweden ) , buried at Trelleborg

Obfahr Wartenberg Gerhard ( pilot ) born 11/11/1922 Beilrode/Torgau from 4./NJG3 in Ju-88G1 werknumber 710525 killed on 30/08/1944 over sea 50 km nnw Stolpmünde His body washed ashore near Sysne , island Gotland ( Sweden ) , buried at Trelleborg.

I hope that i was able to help you

Alain57

[Laurent Rizzotti]

You will below the losses listed in the book by Michael Balss about the personnal losses of the NJG.

Seven crew are listed, flying 5 Ju 88 and 2 Bf 110, but I am not sure these should be assumed to be the same as given by Mr Boiten, as it is possible that in some cases (1st and 3rd entries for example) the aircraft was hit by enemy fire and one crew was wounded, but the aircraft survived.

On the other hand losses of aircraft without crew casualty won't be listed by this source:

1./NJG 2
Hüpstedt, Kreis Worbis/Th.
Feindflug: ja
Ju 88 G-1 Werknr.. 714156
Uffz. Helmut Calgeer verwundet
Uffz. Gerhard Lutz verwundet
unverletzt
Luftkampf

3./NJG 2
Tellow bei Hörkow
Feindflug: ja
Ju 88 G-1 Werknr.: 710861
Uffz. Volkhardt Petzold gefallen
unverletzt, abgesprungen
unverletzt, abgesprungen
Absturz nach Luftkampf.

3./NJG 2
Prenzlau
Feindflug: nein
Ju 88 G-1
unverletzt
Uffz. Adolf Peters verwundet
unverletzt
Beschuß durch feindlichen Fernnachtjäger.

1./NJG 3
Westküste Schweden
Feindflug: ja
Bf 110 G-4 Werknr.: 140660
unverletzt
Uffz. Willi Köberich gefallen
Uffz. Willi Beyersdörfer verwundet
Beschuß durch Jäger oder Bomber, Flugzeug glatt gelandet.

00.45 Uhr
4./NJG 3
Nordwestl. Stolpmünde über See
Feindflug: ja
Ju 88 G-1 Werknr.: 710525
Ofhr. Gerhard Wartenberger gefallen
Gefr. Samerau unverletzt, abgesprungen
Ogefr. Karl Tugend gefallen
Absturz über See.

02.30 Uhr
1./NJG 5
Über Königsberg
Feindflug: ja
Ju 88 G-1 Werknr.: 714244 C9 + CH
unverletzt
Fw. Peter Adams verwundet
unverletzt
Beim Nachteinsatz durch Feindbeschuß.

10./NJG 5
Königsberg/Preußen
Feindflug: ja
Bf 110 G-4 Werknr.: 140329 C9 + GU
Uffz. Wilhelm Dabek verwundet
Gefr. Erich Fink verwundet
Gefr. Rolf Hesselbarth verwundet
Luftkampf

[Gregor30]

Alain & Laurent, thanks a lot for the detailed information you have provided.
This is all very useful for me.

Regards,
Gregory