Early FW 190 listings

[Don Pearson]

Originally Posted by Jim P.

What exactly is a 'Sperrflug'?

I Googled it and got "interception flight".

Don

[RT]

The W.Nr. 0110 086 had the call sign GE + QU and not GD + FI (isn't correct in all cases to add the row of signs with the missing letters of alphabet, often there were gaps).

Beauvais also gave it as GE+QU, probably the whole GD+Fx is wrong

Rémi

[Norbert Schuchbauer]

Hi All,
here some clarification on the Stammkennzeichen and aircraft:
GD+FB is a He 111
GD+FC is a Ju 87
GD+FD is a He 111
GD+FE is a W 34
GD+FF is a Do 17
GD+FG is a Fw 44
GD+FH is a He 111
GD+FI is a He 111

GD+FN is correct Fw 190 A-1 110091
GD+FO is correct Fw 190 A-1 110093

the rest are correct ending in:
GD+FY as Fw 190 A-1 110102

GD+FZ is unknown to me.

Regards,

Norbert

[Don Caldwell]

Thanks, Andrew, for these useful lists. I can add more to the "Sperrflug" discussion. The best definition is "defensive patrol"; the root is from "barrier". JG 26 Flugbücher have many examples in 1941-42 of Sperrflüge over airfields and along railroad lines. They rarely resulted in interceptions, and would normally count as "operational non-combat" flights.

Horrido!

Don