41 Sqn vs Me262s, Rheine Aerodrome, 14 Feb. 1945

[Charles Bavarois]

Gents,

found this information from higher German staff:

MA Freiburg RL 2 II/390 ff
Reports of Luftwaffenführungsstab Ic


Situation-Report 14. Februar 1945 evening
for Kampfraum West


Kleve-Gennep area:


13 Me 262 (KG 51) attack on enemy concentrations
0745-0906 hrs
6 a/c landed elsewhere (“Aussenlandung”), 1 brake-off due to technical faults
2 a/c with pilots MIA

Kleve area:
16 Ar 234 (KG 76) and 5 Me 262 (KG 51) attacking 0755-0916 hrs
16 a/c over target, 5 a/c (KG 51) over secondary target

Over own airfield:
88 a/c of II Jagdkorps airfield-defence for KG 76 and KG 51
0745-0950 hrs in 4 (four) missions
2 Spitfire shot down, 1 own a/c 100% loss, 1 a/c MIA, 3 a/c damaged
1 pilot KIA, 1 pilot MIA and 1 pilot MIA


There are other missions reported that day, which are not connected to the early morning strike on Rheine, for example an afternoon raid around 16:00 hrs of KG 51 without losses.


Situation-reports were usually filed twice a day, one in the evining for action during the previous daytime and one early morning for night-activity. It's up to everyone, to judge for himself, how complete these reports were.

Freiburg has at last two different sets of reports, one for the "Reich" and one for "Kampfraum West" (from Norway to Italy). I have not found anything alike on the Ostfront.


HTH


Carl