Luftbeobachterstaffel 3, Ju88 expert sought

[Marcel Hogenhuis]

Hello Dirk, hello Jörn,

Thanks for your interesting input and if I remember it correctly Jörn, you have provided me some (or all) He219 identities with Naxos from the same source wasn't it?

Now an interesting developement emerges: it is known that most Luftbeobachter Staffeln were dissolved end July 1944, whereas each nightfighter Gruppe had some aircraft with Naxos to act as leading aircraft and/or reconnaissance aircraft to pick up H2S radar emissions in time, more or less replacing the former Luftbeobachter-task.

As from July 1944 the I./NJG 1 seems no longer have had a Ju 88, it might be logical to assume that its Ju 88 was sent away to get Naxos, but never returned to this unit. I cannot explain the absence of any Ju 88's with the I./NJG 1 from July 1944 until the end of WW-2.

If it is not too much to ask, a copy of this list with Naxos equipped nightfighters might perhaps be useful to identify the Führungs-aircraft at other Nachtjagdgruppen.

Best regards and again thank you for the enlighting information, Marcel