12 may 44 bf109 110076 nagr13 nr exmouth

[brewerjerry]

Hi All,
looking to confirm info i found on the internet

May 12, 1944 when Oberfähnrich Gerhard Kohlweg of 1./ Nahaufklärungsgruppe 13 failed to return from a sortie to Exmouth, near Exeter, in G-5, W.Nr 110076, coded White 11.
Presumably it was a modified G-5 to a recce a/c

cheets
jerry

[Nick Beale]

See here: http://ghostbombers.com/recon/Invasi...atch/may3.html

[Chris Goss]

No clues as to how it was lost-no claims

[AndyMa]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

See here: http://ghostbombers.com/recon/Invasi...atch/may3.html

Not relevant to the question, but just to point out that in the entry for 13 May WNr.710033 is listed twice:

"The 3./NAG 13 received Bf 109 G-8, W.Nr. 710033 (yellow 5), W.Nr. 710033 and 710076 (yellow 11)....."

Could be an error in the original source of course.

[brewerjerry]

Hi all,
many thanks for the replies
cheers jerry

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by AndyMa

Not relevant to the question, but just to point out that in the entry for 13 May WNr.710033 is listed twice:

"The 3./NAG 13 received Bf 109 G-8, W.Nr. 710033 (yellow 5), W.Nr. 710033 and 710076 (yellow 11)....."
Could be an error in the original source of course.

Or I could have typed it twice … Congratulations on being the first to spot a mistake that's been online for 9 years!

(Also, I live about 10 miles from Exmouth, so almost local history).

Orignal sources were ULTRA decrypts:

CX/MSS/R188(C)
7. Source saw first part of the following document, stamped 14/5:
Ref. taking over of a/c, 3./NAG 13:
Bf 109 G-8, W.Nr. 710033 and 710076 yellow 5 and 11 on 13/5/44, modification detachment HERZOGENAURACH MG 151 and MG 131 (remainder not seen).

CX/MSS/R229(C)
16. Report to Technical Officer on 28/6: … On 12/6, two Bf 109 G-8, W.Nr. 710033 and 710023 shot down by eight Mustangs.