Ju52 "Mausi" (minesweepers) - Baltic sea Feb.1945

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

According to "Ultra" intercepts, 19.Feb.1945 at 07:45 four "Mausi" were damaged by two "LaGGs" in the Stolpmuende area.

18.Feb.45 one "Mausi" was downed by Russian fighters off Libau, 1 KIA, 1 WIA, 3 MIA.
It is result of a random browsing of Ultra intercepts from DEFE3.

Soviet fighters had made several claims against Ju52MS ("Mausi", apparently from MSGr1) during 1945 in the Baltic sea, some with interesting details. For example 18.Feb.45 two Yak-9 (15.ORAP VVS KBF) after the killing of "Mausi" tail air gunner had tried to "kidnap" the plane (to escort it to the Soviet airfield). After 5-minutes flight "Mausi" had tried to escape and therefore was downed.

What German data about "Mausi" losses in the Baltic in 1945 had survived the war? 18-19.Feb.1945 are especially interesting.

Best regards,
Andrey

[Delmenhorst]

I hope this will help

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Hello Carsten,

thank you for the help.
Whether the location of the loss is known?

I have sent you a E-mail

Best regards,
Andrey

[RT]

Place is given as 2.5 km from Libau around 12.00, Liepaja straight "cleaning ", the only other loss on that area is a crash landing on 3.Febr. near Usedom

Rémi

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

Rémi, thank you!
Maybe NVM contains additional details.

Andrey