Luftwaffe losses Belgium 10.06.43

[Andreas Brekken]

Hi.

The three losses were as listed:

Pissarsky, at unknown location, but as he was later found dead, I would presume people from the research community in Belgium should be able to track the location down maybe in local police records?
http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_pub...?lossid=131201


Rost, left the aircraft in parachute during the fight apparently, location Stuyvenskerke which should be quite accurate (mentioned several times in connection with WWI at least)?
http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_pub...?lossid=130989

Lastly, the aircraft whic made an emergency landing at Hülst
http://www.ahs.no/ref_db/lw_loss_pub...?lossid=131098

In my opinion, if you are able to read German and study the loss records it is often quite possible to narrow down the possibilities and identify the adversaries. The problem usually being time and willingness to do a real effort with regards to gather the necessary sources both locally and in central archives.

It would be very interesting to use this specific case as a test... We know that the locations for two of three losses are recorded, the location for the third one shoyuld also be possible to identify, most likely from local sources (police, grave authorities etc).

So starting out we should probably plot the locations for the losses as we can read them directly:

Stuyvenskerke - the location is easy to find when you find the correct spelling Stuivenskerke, being south west of Brügge in the direction Calais.

Hülst - probably Hulst, this location being much further inland, between Gent and Düsseldorf.

The third loss is at an unknown location, so please our Belgian friends see if you can find any local information!

In my opinion the losses at Stuivenskerke and Hulst does not fit the claim, so the remaining unknown location is probably the most likely.

And BTW, Franek, as we have discussed earlier - the problem is not that the German records are inaccurate - the problem is that they have been destroyed... If we had had access to the combat reports of the German units it would be no problem to identify locations, our problem is that these often very detailed reports was destroyed during and after the war (or are in unaccessible archives in the east).

Regards,
Andreas B