7./JG52 Feb.1943 – unknown losses?

[Andrey Kuznetsov]

According to ‘Die Jagdfliegerverbände der Deutschen Luftwaffe’ Band 12/II by Jochen Prien, Peter Rodeike, Gerhard Stemmer und Winfried Bock, during Feb.1943 7./JG52 (thereat the sole active Staffel of III./JG52) lost 6 planes (5 due to enemy actions and 1 without enemy actions), and neither of them listed in GQM returns and in summary loss reports. One of these losses is mentioned in the book in question - Grislawski’s Bf109G-2 WNr 14569 belly landed due to unknown reason during combat mission near Cholmskaja during combat mission. That loss is known only from Grislawski’s logbook.

As written by the authors, loss report probably was lost due to [difficult] situation («… die Verlustmeldung unter den gegebenen Verhältnissen verlorengegangen ist»). It is the close reasoning.

But what about personnel losses? According to JFV 12/II the sole III./JG52 personnel losses were Lt Karl Maliva and Uffz Johann Begusch killed during the fatal accident with FW189.

Grislawski was safe and sound after the belly landing. But what about crews of the other 5 lost Bf109? I assume that personnel loss reports known as NVM or Vordruck II maybe lost in the same manner as the planes loss reports.
No doubts that somewhere in WASt the personnel losses were registered certainly as distinct from inanimate planes. But where? And whether these documents are available now?
In other words, can we say that personnel loss list of III./JG52 for Feb.43 (both unit and timeframe are just examples) is really known?
As far as I know, few Luftwaffe unit personnel records survived the war. Whether the III./JG52 list of pilots for Feb.43 is known?

Don’t try to «revise the history» but it is interesting really.

Best regards,
Andrey