Hooton's Luftwaffe Loss Totals - request for clarification

[Maxim1]

Originally Posted by Paul Thompson

Thank you Maxim1, it's great to see the detailed breakdown! Does this mean you know which specific Bewegungsmeldungen the authors used for the calculation? It would be very interesting to see which units they included.

Paul, in fact, the source for this breakdown is my own work

I have analysed all Bewegungsmeldungen that are available on Michael Holm's site and compiled several Luftwaffe loss tables. As for example:

Luftwaffe losses on Eastern front:

Month A/c on strength Lost to E/A Lost without E/A Sent to industry Total
Mar43 2496 315 291 324 930
Apr43 2813 201 269 214 684
May43 2844 332 286 226 844
Jun43 2955 240 211 202 653
Jul43 3094 682 355 247 1284
Aug43 2752 461 368 306 1135
Sept43 2432 365 252 341 958
Oct43 2322 298 257 285 840
Nov43 2353 195 170 185 550
Dec43 2464 137 118 141 396
Total: ---- 3226 2577 2471 8274

Specifically for day-fighter units (Stab, II. and III./JG 3; Stab, II., III. and 13(Z)./JG 5; I./JG 26; JG 51 (excepting II./JG 51); JG 52; JG 54 (excepting III./JG 54))

Month A/c on strength Lost to E/A Lost without E/A Sent to industry Total
Mar43 478 97 131 27 195
Apr43 526 43 103 58 204
May43 570 103 100 60 263
Jun43 585 75 62 36 173
Jul43 529 204 131 37 372
Aug43 464 129 130 38 297
Sept43 420 93 73 40 206
Oct43 425 83 91 43 217
Nov43 415 52 47 47 146
Dec43 416 47 40 21 108
Total: ---- 926 908 407 2241

These figures are not complete though, because Bewegungsmeldungen data are partially or entirely missing for some units (13.(slow)/JG 52, NSGr 1, NSGr 2 etc.)

Regards,
Maksim