Luftwaffe Aircraft Loss Reports?

[Larry deZeng]

Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád

I am also very much interested in these reports (RUS-21 to RUS-6016). Perhaps, once identified in the archive's holdings, we could join efforts and order copies, sharing the cost? I am open to any suggestions.

I think I had better post a cautionary caveat here before anyone starts spending their hard-earned money. The Luftgaukommando Reports collection was divided up among the Four Powers (Britain, U.S., France and Russia) shortly after it was captured. The British got all the folders pertaining to downed RAF and Commonwealth aircraft, the French the French aircraft, the U.S. the American aircraft and the USSR the Russian aircraft. I am 99% certain that the 700 linear feet of folders at NARA WashDC contain just the American aircraft incidents. The original catalog labels, including RUS-21 to RUS-6016, were retained for information purposes only so future researchers would know the depth and breadth of the total collection. I have some notes on the collection as it existed when I was working it in 1985-86, and I will retrieve them and make the information available in a future posting here.

Larry