Me 323 Losses Rumania 27-9-1944

[Brian Bines]

Hi Faenor, thanks very much for the info. Matti was good enough to post the details of three Me323's lost on the 26th.Aug that had crew losses. However The Dabrowski books speaks of four losses and another site claims that on the 26th a Gigant was forced down by Romanian fighters 20 miles north on Bucarest. The site says the 12 man crew and 70 members of the Brandendurg Parachute Bn. then all fought their way back to the Waldlager. Is there anything reference to this in any of your sources,

Regards

Brian Bines

[RT]

The losses given in an article from the R.I.P. revue Luftwaffe-Verband

On 25.Aug.

4 x 100 %

On 27.Aug.

3 x 100 % Forcelanded with 90+66 crews/passengers prisoners
2 x 100 % thru "Tiefangriff"

On 29.Aug.

4 x 100 % Forcelanded 66+88+60 prisoners, the forth one the crew/passengers escaped

Rémi

[Faenor]

Originally Posted by Brian Bines

Hi Faenor, thanks very much for the info. Matti was good enough to post the details of three Me323's lost on the 26th.Aug that had crew losses. However The Dabrowski books speaks of four losses and another site claims that on the 26th a Gigant was forced down by Romanian fighters 20 miles north on Bucarest. The site says the 12 man crew and 70 members of the Brandendurg Parachute Bn. then all fought their way back to the Waldlager. Is there anything reference to this in any of your sources,

Regards

Brian Bines

Hi Brian,

sorry for late answer, but there is little info in the 2nd book:
I/TG 5 (or renamed 15/TG 4) have loss in August 1944 21 maschines:
3.8.1944 1 loss on airfield Tonndorf (Poland) - know from another your topic with Matti answer
27.8.1944 1 Me 323 was destroyed by 332nd FG in airfield Stichovice by Prostejov (but witness say, there was 2 Me 323 destroyed)

26.-27.8.1944 4 to romanian fighters and 3 for FLAK
29.8.1944 4 captured by Romanian in one from Bucarest airfield
30.8.1944 10 destroyed in Hungary airfields - 5 in Kecskemét by US fighters
1.9.1944 3 destroyed in Hungary airfield in Debrecen by US fighters

For me, numbers not fitted to count 21,but if I deleted losses from Tonndorf, Stichovice and from 1.9.1944, this fit to count 21 - number of 21 Me 323 losses was for withdrawal from Romania - that all from the book.

Faenor

[Brian Bines]

Hi Faenor,

Thank you very much for this information which is very helpful,

Best Regards
Brian Bines


Remi,

Thanks for the info. you sent, sorry about the late acknowledgement,

All the best
Brian Bines