Oblt Paul Semrau 2 NJG/1

[Adriano Baumgartner]

Hello Paul!
I am sorry for your famliy´s loss...
I am not an expert, but would suggest you some basic readings about the Nachtjagd, if you do not posses them:
1- German Night Fighter Force 1917-1945 by Gebhard Aders
2- German Night Fighter Aces ( OSPREY Serie )
3- Battles with the Nachtjagd by famous Historians Theo Boiten and Bowman ( this one I did not read yet, but it is on the list for Christmas 2008! )
4- German Night Fighter Force ( picturial by Schiffer Publishing. Some 350+ photographs of German night fighter planes and personalities as well ).
5- Ritterkreuztäger of the Luftwaffe ( a hard and very expensive book to find out; but with a lot of biographical details of the aces and the aircraft they have flown in combat. Sorry but I do not remember by heart the authors...)
6- Simon Parry wrote another book I do want to read: NJG 2 - Intruders over Britain. ( On this book I am certain you wil find more information about the combat that claimed your relative´s life ).

I do hope to have helped with my limited amount of knowledge. If I do remember well, Paul Semrau was lost on 8 February 1945, shot down by a Spitfire whose Squadron and pilot I do not know ( someone can help us? ) while flying his Ju 88 G-6 werknummer 620562.

All the best on your researches and please keep us informed on the results. Friend and sincerely yours

Adriano Baumgartner
(Brazil)