Uffz. Hermann Decker I./KG40

[Richard Mills]

Originally Posted by Brian Bines

Richard, the 62751 is the Erkennungsmark for I/KG40 the 10 is Deckers individual number. I am afraid I do not have the loss details for the Luftwaffe schools, Brian Bines

Brian

Thank you very much indeed for your help, I appreciate your time and effort.

Hopefully somone out there will be able to furnsh me with the NVM for 19-10-1943.

Regards Richard.

[JoMe]

Hi all

The RL-loss list shows on 5. June 1940
I/KG 40 b.Vatsoe/N Fw 200 C ? F8 + . . 0% MG-Beschuß "
FlObNaut Hermann Decker vw (+19.10.43) 2III/1174,261
No other crews-members are called.

best wishes
JoMe

[Chris Goss]

This is why I did not have an aircraft loss. He was not aircrew per se but a navigation specialist (Ober Nautiker). He was wounded by gunfire from the ground and admitted to the hospital at Gardermoen

[robert]

He was wounded while his Fw 200 was attacking Norwegian wireless station near to Kirkenes.

Regards

Robert

[Richard Mills]

Originally Posted by JoMe

FlObNaut Hermann Decker vw (+19.10.43) 2III/1174,261 best wishes JoMe

JoMe, thank you very much indeed for the info, can I ask what the 2III/1174,261 relates to?

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

He was not aircrew per se but a navigation specialist (Ober Nautiker).

Chris, Ober Nautiker, (and later he was a Haupt Nautiker) is it likely he was a navigation specialist in the civilian airline industry prior to the war? or was it a Luftwaffe specialist entity in its own right?

Regards Richard.

[Chris Goss]

Does this help?

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/16...igation-corps/

[JoMe]

Hi Richard

RL2III/1174 was the sign of the loss list of GQM -Generalquartiermeister- (I don't know the british reference word) in RLM, and 261 was the page of this loss report.

best wishes
JoMe

[Richard Mills]

Originally Posted by Chris Goss

Does this help?

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/16...igation-corps/

Chris, many thanks for the link, so far that is as much as I can find on the 'Nautiker' as there seems to be very little written out there with the exception of collar patches or eppaulettes for sale.

Originally Posted by JoMe

Hi Richard

RL2III/1174 was the sign of the loss list of GQM -Generalquartiermeister- (I don't know the british reference word) in RLM, and 261 was the page of this loss report. best wishes JoMe

JoMo, many thanks indeed for tidying that up as I had no idea what the numbers related to.

Regards Richard.