Convoys PQ1 to PQ16 Luftwaffe losses

[edNorth]

Hi Brian,
only have some Ju 88´s vs PQ./QP. convoys, not much indentified, and nothing on date 01.05.1942. I have not checked when first Ju 88 A-4 LT were employed from Norway, mostly He 111´s but yes, some from ex-KG 28 (and old KG 26 book likely has details on this, do not have it now).

(0880)797 Ju 88 A-5 F [DE+SS] Luftwaffe
- Ju 88 C-4 [DE+SS] Luftwaffe
Converted to Áfflebach-Zerstörer at JFM Dessau in late 1941, flown there 01.1942 and 02.1942, BAL Abnahme at Dessau 13.02.1942 [post by Peter Achs to author on TOCH forum 07.2006]
- Ju 88 C-4 [4D+HA] Erp.St./KG 30 (Luftflotte 5) OPS (F) damaged by AA fire [in attack on Convoy PQ.13 at sea off North-Norway] was force landed (70%) on mountain side near Sandfjord, at Nordkyn, Kinnarodden, Norway 28.03.1942 (Staffelkapitän F Hptm. Cuno Gotthardt badly inj, B Oblt. Helmut Lütgens badly inj. and BF Uffz. Willi Hillebrecht slightly inj.)
[rep Ju 88 A5 797 in LWFLV losses; W.Nr. 0797 was painted on lower tip of tail, this is now in the Gamvik museum, Norway; reported in error as He 111 and 4D+HA down at sea in POS 7109N/2740E in TNA: HW13/98 SALU 431 P.5; W.Nr. 0880797 had C-4 Zerstörer type nosecap and nose guns; code from SIG Luftwaffe Norway homepage]
Sold by Norwegian Government to locals after war ended (1945) - Wreck was recovered in separate operations by RNoAF Museum to local storage site in Northern Norway in 1999 and 2000 - Then moved by ship transport to the RNoAF Museum at Bodö in 2001 - Stored in Bodö [2004]

(0880)688 Ju 88 A-5 [GM+ZM] Luftwaffe
[mfd 12.40; Likely mounted in January 1940]
- Ju 88 A-5 [GM+ZM] 1.(F)/124 (Luftwaffe)
Known ´Umschúlung´ at Aalborg, Denmark 23.02.41 [F Erwin Bauer was converting from Do 215 to new type (doing 12 flights on GM+ZM that day).]
- Ju 88 A-5 F [G2+AH] 1.(F)/124 (Luftflotte 5 East)
OPS (F) mis (100%) unk location (Nordmeer) [downed by ships AA fire from Allied Convoy PQ.9 in the Arctic Ocean/the Barentssea, off Norway] 31.03.1942 (F Fw. Georg Schuchardt, BM Uffz. August Brünnighof, B Uffz. Willi Schirmer and BF Uffz. Walter Wieser mis)
[rep A5 688 in LWFLV losses; names rep in amd f/09.04.42; causes and loc. fm other sources]

(0880)140171 Ju 88 A-4 [4D+AC] Stab.II/KG 30 (Luftflotte 5 East)
OPS (F) damaged (08%) by <enemy> AA fire (PLQ 37öst/62..) [attack on Allied Convoy PQ.15 (that sailed from Oban in Scotland 10.04.42) West of Norway] 11.04.1942 (Gruppenkommandeur F Hptm. Sigmund-Ulrich Freiherr von Gravenreuth injured)
[rep A4 0171 in LWFLV losses 119v16.04.42 (rep not damaged later!) - code in ARS website KLPA listings (Gravenreuth)]
- Ju 88 A-4 5./KG 30 (Ob.Befh.Sud)
OPS (F) downed by fighter fire (100%) at Louk El Arba 12.01.1943 (F Oblt. Hans-Joachim Kost, B Ofw. Bruno Lehmann and BF Fw. Hans Dietzig killed)
(rep A4 140171 in losses)

cheers,
ed